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I was urged to stick to a low fat diet for decades after a test showed high glucose - but I was never told that. I stuck rigidly to a high carb low fat diet, and after almost 2 years I was told I was a very bad diabetic, so I would strongly contest that saturated fat causes diabetes - in the...

It doesn't. The correlation is a sort of guesswork worked out over time. I wanted to reduce my HbA1c down into the 30s from 42, so I ate 10 gm fewer carbs every day for a year, and my HbA1c was 42.

Oh dear - I did not mean it disparagingly - just that my memory isn't good enough to remember the specification of the one I bought. It was some time ago now that I bought it, but I am pretty sure that the choices went from maybe 80kg to over 200 accommodated by the number and strength of the...

They come with different weight limits - I think the big one in the garden is up to 120 or even 130kg - it is some time since I bought it. It is very good for anyone who is unfit, as it is a very low impact exercise and also makes a good surface for stretches and yoga poses. I was very feeble...

@jn81 I do feel that you are really pushing yourself to be in control of your blood glucose by eating things regarded as 'healthy' such as whole grain - but I got such an easy ride as I was pushed to eat high carb low fat for decades and was hugely fat when I was told I was 'a very bad...

A blank look and "But this IS normal."

Getting below 8 after eating was when things started to change for me - things began to return to normal. It might be that after having high glucose your brain is a bit peeved to be denied it's nice sugary bath and you are having false hypos. Normally a drink and a tiny amount of carbs will stop...

I eat a low carb diet, have done since diagnosis, and once I saw readings below 8 after meals I kept to those type of meals, no more than 50 gm of carbs a day, and my levels continued to go down - I assume my metabolism improved. My HbA1c went down to the top of normal and to get it to go lower...

I started having trouble after my first Covid jab and my feet and legs were very swollen and excruciatingly painful. Now it is as though the soles of my feet have lost a layer of padding. To counter it I have added some resilient foam cut into shape to use as innersoles, and it made a big...

I suppose it is my age - I was born in 1951, but I eat a lot of things which are considered unusual - actually I eat anything at all food like to be honest - but as all my mother's family tend to put on weight really easily and they are also prone to diabetes it might be something in our...

@retrogamer try the site of sugarfreelondoner - it seems to get quite a bit of approval. I steam frozen cauliflower and chop it roughly to have with curry instead of rice. Mashed swede takes the place of potato also used for bubble and squeak.

Your doctor is making claims which seem to be contradicting what a lot of people experience, and my own path back into normal blood glucose numbers has been by eating protein and fat from animal sources, low carb - and I went back to work, moving knitting machines around to do the servicing on...

I was prescribed Metformin and Atorvastatin and after a month I was suicidal, so - just be careful. I binned the tablets after 5 weeks, and then found I never needed them. My HbA1c was just at the top of normal after 6 months low carb, and it is 2 points higher 7 years later. I think it is...

My taste is all over the place after Covid, which I've had 5 times, but the worst of all that was the AZ jab, which I thought had killed me. Oddest thing was eating yoghurt and it tasting exactly like my mother's beef stew, right down to the Oxo cube and celery - that was so weird. I still can't...

Try using cream and no sweetener. You should find that your sense of taste changes, strange things such as peas and beetroot will begin to taste sweet if you reduce the levels of sweet tasting things you eat. I find that the low carb recipes online are all oversweet to the point of making me retch.

Do be sure to point out that it isn't the timing of the breaks which is the problem for you. Changing the timing with zero notice is just not safe for you. Really you should have been allowed to take your break on time and your co-worker made to adjust or lose their breaktime .

I did get rather angry at one person who was pressing me to eat carbs - I suggested that they take half a cup of boiling water and pour it over their head - after all it was only a small amount - what harm would it do. They went quiet after that... I found that I went into remission very easily...

I was wondering if it was some sort of research - trawling through patients with certain features and looking for a possible connection with one or two other factors. Although files are on a PC they are not always completely searchable digitally and it might be faster to get a Human to go...

I wonder how many of the patients are either totally ignoring that advice, or really, really struggling to keep their glucose under control. Eating low carb high fat is like being able to catch the bus up the mountain, reaching the café at the top and getting a free lunch served, so you can sit...

@HeyJude! welcome to the group. You might find that lowering your intake of carbs will be so effective that you will soon not need to worry about weight, and might have your medication reviewed and reduced. You do have to be careful with the gliclazide as it actively removes glucose so you can...