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I tried to lose weight fasting 22 hours a day - and I did lose some, but my HbA1c actually went up. My regime which had given me almost normal HbA1c was eating at about 12 hour intervals.

I'd advise checking your carb intake if you are eating bread regularly - what else has crept in might be significant. Fats could be an issue - every cell in the body has cholesterol and lipids in the cell wall, so if you need to create cells you need to have the raw materials. If I get a nick or...

Have you checked with your GP about doing the diet? I am pretty sure that Gliclazide and the Newcastle diet are not compatible.

I was going to remind you privately that it was only a week since the operation - on Monday, obviously - but you seem to have made so much progress already that my moral boosting ploy is totally unnecessary and was probably something my daughter would roll her eyes at - and sigh - and I might...

I was given loads of copies of the first part of that printout. I used them to light the barbecue in the days after diagnosis as my HbA1c was 91 by then and I was hugely overweight after decades of insistence on that bad advice. Humans can live without carbs, but need protein and fat to survive.

I had a really bad reaction to the AZ Covid jab and one of the things which helped me with even being able to stand was massaging my legs and using the hot and cold settings on the shower to encourage blood to flow and the swelling to reduce. The pain was still memorable but it reduced quickly -...

Never - it is far too high carb - I stick to a maximum of 10% carbs for everything except chocolate. I have a pressure cooker of stew at the moment - I add more stock, more veges, clear out the fridge, for several days - onion and swede to start with, celery on the second day, tomato on the...

@chrispem I have stews regularly, but I use swede rather than potato of any kind - including crisps. Lots of meat, or any other protein is likely to cut down on the hunger. There are quite a few recipes for low carb breads - though they are rather fragile before baking so a bread machine often...

Before indulging in sugar free sweets look up the Haribo sugar free gummi bears reviews. I'm afraid I found them hysterically funny - It was just after my run in with Metformin and I laughed until I cried.

Unfortunately it is not uncommon for HCPs to keep repeating what they have been instructed to say, even when they get reports of it not only not working but the result being downright dangerous. I can give no explanation for it, but I experienced it for decades, from around the age of 20 up...

I never found anything which reduced the effects of Metformin - I'd advise staying at home until you find out if you are one of the lucky ones who can take it without problems. My encounter with the tablets left me with a professional quality carpet cleaner and a determination not to take...

At almost 74 years of age my hair has still not gone grey, but my younger siblings have been losing their hair colour for decades. The strands of red I used to have are now white, but the brown remains stubbornly dark. My sister in particular was always urging me to cut the fat off and avoid red...

I once requested a low carb meal and was brought an entirely fat free meal of chicken fillet and steamed veges, and I didn't eat any of it. The provider was smirking as they set it down, and then looked expectant. I thanked them, explained why it was not suitable, and went on not eating it...

It reads as though you never got any information on just what the problem is - for an ordinary type 2 diabetic with no other problems, reducing the intake of carbs reduces blood sugars - it is like having a blocked sink overflowing and flooding the bathroom - you turn off the taps and the...

Your symptoms remind me of an acquaintance from many years ago when I lived in the Midlands. I don't have details, but I do remember the difference in her health and her appearance in the months after her operation. Her husband had sometimes needed to carry her from the place they parked their...

No Walmarts here - at least not down here on the south coast, but we have Lidl and Aldi which are considered 'budget' supermarkets - I use Lidl and find no lack of things to cope with low carb - and our pension just went up by a whole £15 a week - so I'll be able to go back to buying slices of...

@speaker01 The low carb way of eating was all that was available years ago, but just like Dr Atkins way of eating - it was pretty much disregarded as a 'treatment' - maybe because it was just about free. It isn't generally thought to be compatible with insulin though. I just reduced my carbs...

I never used to have breakfast, not when the choice was bread, cereal or porridge but I burnt the diet sheets to light the barbecue in the days after diagnosis. These days I eat twice at 12 hourly intervals. For many decades I could neve lose weight on the low fat high carb instructions I had...

Taking GI into account seemed to make no difference at all for me. I stick to lower carb as it gives me a lot of choices for meals, and eating at 12 hourly intervals seemed to be a better idea than fasting for longer intervals - my experiment with slimming shake and small meals in a 2 or 3 hour...

I suspect the the high carb foods are preventing switching to a more useful metabolic state. I would eat three eggs, usually scrambled with cheese, or fried with bacon, and a tomato or salad or bubble and squeal made with swede rather than potato. After that I'd not need to eat for 12 hours. You...