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I have read that the percentage of vegans in the UK is 1.16%. So of the 65+ million population it follows that the number of T2Ds in vegans is higher than that of non vegans. I don't do maths, relying on members to correct me if I am wrong in my assumption.

Legumes, wholegrains and fruits... Cholesterol... Yours was a fair length of a post for a message that promotes the exclusion of animal sourced foodstuffs, foodstuffs that helped me on the way to Type 2 Diabetes Remission. Veganism or WFPB has not been definitively shown to do this. Eating...

Here's five minutes of our favourite cardiologist on the issue. At the end he addresses this very point.

This has everything to do with Big Pharma and their lobbyists and nowt to do with your local pharmacist on the corner. Endocrinologist? Hah! I should be so lucky.

This is wrong on so many levels. Statins that have now been linked to the development of ALS (MND) are to be what is tantamount to an over the counter medication.

Metformin and it's like have only a mild affect on blood glucose levels (it is prescribed more to address liver duming etc). Have you considered making small changes to your diet to offset the lack of meds? Diet has far greater effects on Type 2 Diabetes than some medications.

Agree completely. Mindset really is the ticket to this one. It is almost a feeling of being liberated, being able to wander past the 'end of aisle specials' and the BOGOF offers took some time and I hadn't really appreciated that that had become a habit.

A great way to get nutritional and ingredients lists of foodstuffs or over the counter meds is to look at one of the UK supermarket websites as they list those facts and all it takes is a click of a button. If you get stuck (sugar has dozens of different names) then a quick Google should help...

A low carb diet is considered widely as being anything lower than ~130g - 140g per day. The goals of LCHF way of eating is not only to control blood glucose, other goals are weight loss, the ridding of ectopic fat in the liver and surrounding the organs and (most importantly imo) to address and...

As you become accustomed to your new way of eating then the feeling of missing out really does dissipate. I ignore the aisles that have foods in them that are nutritionally poor and only really go to the personal care/soap powder aisles - I go first to the meat fridges and the get the veg on...

Sorry, no idea. Get well soon Lass xx

Thank you.

That is three meals per day. Whether your breakfast is vegetarian or not makes no difference, it is still a meal.

How long have you been using insulin?

Forgive me but you keep missing the point. You are happy with your carb number and your medications but we are all different and our choices reflect that fact.

I personally do not want more bread, pasta, rice, floury products or starchy veg to reach 120g and then think well, that's ok I can cover it with insulin. If I get to the stage when my options must include drugs or insulin, and I may in future, I will use the Law of small Numbers, thank you.

We normally speak to carbs not in portion size but in number of carbs per 100g. We count them as such. The portion sizes I can eat as a female of a certain age and disposition may be totally different to someone else's whereas we know that counting carbs can affect portion size of some foods...

Portion control? Really? We are all different which means that out levels of Insulin Resistance is difference. Portion control matters little if the portion is higher in carbs than one's body can tolerate.

Great result! Very well done.

If money was no object I would have the following tests done to assess risk: HOMA IR CAC Number of oxidised sdLDL It is my understanding at this point in my learning that that IR may be the root cause of CVD/CHD so if I had to choose one test that is the one I would go for. As to CRP, it is a...