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All right, all right I give in :lol: First never had a sweet tooth and don't put any sweetner in tea or coffee so the sweetness has nothing to do with it. I just like the taste. I appreciate others may not like the taste. I like the taste of G&T far better than Diet Coke ... I agree Diet...

Agree entirely. There was actually debate amongst some of us as to if BigBenn was a new incarnation of an equally delusional poster from a few days prior to that. Some of us just concluded he was just a troll. To then feature the thread on the forum newsletter seems a poor choice indeed!

If your levels are beginning to regularly climb into the 20's despite low carbing then you need to go see your GP ASAP as levels in the 20's are where things can begin to become seriously dangerous especially if there is a chance you are late onset T1.5. As far as I can see you have been...

Your nurse is wrong. You are now a well controlled diabetic which is brilliant so well done :clap: :clap: :clap: The trouble is in many cases the advice given by dsn's and gp's in this country is so poor and their understanding of T2 so weak that most T2's never get the chance to be well...

You put the wrong bit in bold Patch. Here's how I intended it. As in drinking diet coke is probably better than drinking nothing but agree drinking water would likely be best. But what if the water out of the tap is full of nitrates or full of female hormones should I buy bottled water? If I...

Great result well done :clap: :clap: :clap: If you look at a label you will always see the "of which are sugar content" is less than the total carbohydrate number. That's because sugar is just a type of carbohydrate and as Defren says it's carbohydrates including sugar that raise levels...

The issue of what to eat for lunchtimes when I'm out and about is a real problem. Like you say there is only so much cheese, ham and eggs you can take before it gets boring. I've actually settled on something like a prawn and mayo wholemeal bread sandwich. I can just get away with two slices of...

Welcome Karen As Fergus says who's eyes and feet are they anyway! If you want to learn to carb count its dead easy so just ask. In the meantime a good way to start is to get an SD Codefree meter like Jo (Defren) suggests then start to lower your carbs. What many would suggest is to try and cut...

Jo thanks for the kind words but I don't actually believe that I or boro have anything to apologise for. I said and boro said effectively the same thing Both of us then did then make references to going off the straight and narrow but then every T2 needs to be reminded of that once in a...

Not denying it could be a cause of reduced weightloss especially if its pepsi and not coke :) It's just really do I personally mind that extra potential half a stone? Diet Coke is the only way I find I can drink anything like enough liquid in a day. I hate drinking water and simply know when...

Use natural Greek yoghurt. Try FACE total that you can get from many supermarkets its 3.8g carbs / 100 and only 2% fat (if you worry about fat). Why are you just looking at the sugar content? Its the total carbohydrate that counts as it carbs that raise your levels. Sugar is just a form of carbs...

Trouble is Patch if you went through life restricting everything that MAY cause a problem then pretty soon they'd be hardly anything left. Anyhow I don't disagree that a thing that may well have stuff in it that makes you want to drink more of it may not be a good thing but that's a bit...

Sounds great libby. :) I must say MW made your chicken and leek soup the other day and now I want to have your babies. It is a thing of awe and beauty. :thumbup:

Well based on another thread where borofergie and wiflib tried to undermine my desire to drink pints of diet coke :lol: I got my T1 son to do an experiment for me the other day by confirming his insulin pump output did not rise by one jot after drinking a pint of diet coke. As to the drop...

Diet wise just do what you think is long term sustainable for yourself. If you can keep your BG's in safety and have found a regime you can continue with then the amount of carbs is immaterial. Just don't let it become a slippery slope i.e in another 3 months don't start saying to yourself well...

Well a few in my use of the English language usually means around 5. So how many people have there been on this forum over the years its been online who have successfully stated they have controlled their T2 by using some form of low carb diet, 100+, 200+ probably even more than that. Starting...

Have a trawl through this thread which had loads of peoples experiences with many supplements and offers advice on how much to take, where to get them etc. http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=27056 From my own standpoint in the early weeks after diagnosis I found...

Hi The trouble with T2 is the problems are down the line for the most part but the problems are real and unfortunately do happen time and time again. In my opinion the knack is to try and make those potential problems more immediate so one technique is to do the following. The next time while...

Thanks for the links Stephen appreciated. As you say 0.5% in 11 years - wow what a result - not :thumbdown: It's not difficult is it? I did 11.3% to 5.3% or a 6% drop in 3 months by adopting a low carb higher fat diet . I went from a just under 6 on statins total cholesterol to a 3.9 off...

Ah but if you order a delivery you don't get what you haven't ordered :lol: