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Two hours after starting to eat seems to be the time when changes due to improvements in metabolism show themselves. By changing what I ate I got my after meal numbers down to consistently under 8mmol/l and then stuck to the same meals. Over the next few months I saw the numbers drifting down...

I don't know how easy it is to get a copy of Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution, but there is a lot of useful information in it. Some of it is wrong - the maths is off, but it sets out the basics and costs very little - there were millions of copies sold.

At least you found out your level fairly swiftly - I had elevated blood glucose levels eleven years before diagnosis and nothing was said. I always felt so much better eating low carb, even long before diagnosis, and it has resulted in a very satisfactory weight loss, even though I did nothing...

Sorry but carbs are carbs whatever the colour. Swapping to brown ones doesn't really help us. Protein and fat, however, you can eat. Chocolate is fine, it is the loads of added sugar which make most products induce spikes in blood glucose .I get high cocoa chocolate - 95% if I can find it, and...

I can't help with the medication, but what really helped me sort out my diet was testing after meals. I bought a blood glucose tester and checked my levels - discovered that I can get more carbs out of peas and beans than should be in there, so really cut back on them. There is so much wrong...

It seems strange that HCPs informed you that you were in danger of coma and death with those numbers - maybe they are confusing tests for glucose with those for ketones - when diagnosed my blood glucose was 17.1 mmol/l - that is 308 in US terms and my GP made an appointment for 10 days after he...

The carb content per shake is in the teens, so not something very useful to me.

Having experienced effortless weight loss eating low carb I am really confused by the continued denial of its benefits for so many problems. (edited by mod to remove unnecessary information)

Oh dear @mellacastray your HCPs seem to have no idea about soothing bedside manners. The good news is that - if it is right that you have ordinary uncomplicated type 2 diabetes then a diet of protein and fat with some low carb veges and fruit will take you right back to normal numbers. It is...

Rice, too many, fish, none. I use BI - biological intellect.

I woke up with cramp this morning, up the outside of my lower leg, ankle to knee. Resolved in 1/2 a minute after drinking a mug of water. Probably a bit of dehydration brought on by several hours out in the sun and wind yesterday and forgetting the jug of lemon water in the fridge.

I suspect that we are, by nature 'petrol driven' but the powers that be want us on diesel even if we are conking out at the roadside with choked engines. I am having to spend time each day sewing or altering my clothes as I seem to be regaining a waist, little by little. I was almost spherical...

If you go low carb, watch out for being over medicated for hypertension. Several people had falls - reported on the low carb forum I'm on, after eating low carb meant they no longer needed the medication and were going dizzy. One fall, on stairs, was life changing, so it is something to be taken...

I believe that it is something associated with a Viking ancestry. My father had it and my brother was seeing signs of it when last we spoke. I have the temper and a few red hairs now turned grey, but seem to have dodged the contracture problem.

That salad would be absolutely fine for me and I limit my carbs to 40 gm a day or less. The only food which could be problematic is the sausage as they might be full off fillers, but even so a couple would not 'break the bank'. Eating low carb is very powerful in its effect on the metabolism, so...

The first readings of the day are probably a sign of progress, of lowering insulin levels in general so that glucose can be got out of storage and used up. Your reaction to eating results in the usual response for type 2s, an outpouring on insulin which was, previously ignored, now you are...

Translation of OP It has been 2 years since the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. My emotions are running high and changing. Shock, panic, fear... Now I am more confident and calm. I learned and read a lot. I help newbies myself. If there are Russian speakers, I wanted to meet to support a friend in...

I think it would take a lab analysis to show what was actually in the jar. What nourishment do you think there is in honey that other high sugar syrups would not provide?

If I eat a good breakfast then I don't eat again until the evening. Smoothies are bad news for many type 2s as they release the cell contents and that usually results in a spike in blood glucose. I bought a Nutribullet a few weeks before being diagnosed and I think it was used half a dozen times...

For me, sugar or starch, it is all the same. My digestion seems to be very efficient, extracting more carbs than are listed from peas and beans for instance, so what should be 10 gm of carbs is more like 18gm. It does mean that I have never had indigestion, so not all bad.