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And it was to me too until a colleague who sits next to me in the office started her fast for Ramadan, last weekend. 28 days without any eating or drinking from 2.30am to 9.30 pm, each day. She's pretty zonked in the afternoon but gets through it somehow. It amazes me. I asked her if she...

I've no idea why I eventually stopped in May 2012, when I had failed so many times before. There was nothing different in my life and I wasn't feeling any ill effects of smoking. I just felt that the 'time was right' and then took it one day at a time. I still say I'm only reformed, not an...

Hi, Carole, Much of what needs to be said already has but I found the slow release ('SR') sorted me out, after I'd had problems with the normal Metformin. I started off with 1 tablet, going onto 2 after a fortnight (which is the normal start-up procedure). I now take 2 tablets, one with...

If it helps, a week after I began the Newcastle diet in mid-May I suddenly had a fit of the 'wobbles' after I'd foolishly failed to eat anything for quite a few hours, finding I couldn't walk without staggering from one side to the other. I did a test (and re-test) and found I was reading 3.9...

And insulin resistance ('IR') is (according to some doctors) brought on, or at least exacerbated, as a response to excess fat deposits in the body. This diminishes as fat is reduced during weight loss. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin_resistance for some useful information on IR.

I used to say that giving up smoking was really very easy, given that I'd done it so many times myself ... ;) Congratulations on your commitment, though, and I hope it works for you. I (finally?) gave up in May 2013 and initially I did put on a few pounds. But in September I was diagnosed T2...

Most days I'd love to be a Type 0 :rolleyes:

Hi, Lucy. Most of us have been there and we're all still wearing the tee shirts. Try not to feel overwhelmed or despondent; the feeling of shock does wear off quite quickly and you then realise that it's perhaps not the worst that could have happened to you. It'll change your life, yes, but...

If it helps, I've had sciatica, on and off, for 2 decades now and used to be a martyr to it until a GP suggested I try taking Ibuprofen for no more than 48 hours, at the highest recommended dose, IMMEDIATELY I feel the sciatica begin. I was sceptical, but he said that a lot of the subsequent...

Good luck with it all and I'm pleased the medics are so positive. I'll be rooting for you.

Early stages of damage that "sits in the background but is not in itself a danger to vision". See: http://www.diabetesnet.com/about-diabetes/diabetes-complications/eye-complications/background-retinopathy which is a US site but seems to have quite a bit of info on it. As others have said...

Try: http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/Services/A-Z/DiabetesService/PatientsCarers/Documents/SJH NEWCASTLE DIET BOOKLET2012.pdf or you can go to the Newcastle Univ site at: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/research/diabetes/reversal.htm or...

My GP didn't say anything but I thought it was sensible to space my 2 tablets out during the day, so I take one with breakfast and the other with my evening meal. Appears to work for me.

I'm a 61 year-old T2 who's halfway through the 8-week Newcastle Diet. After diagnosis last September I shed 19lbs, but since going on the diet I've got rid of another 20. I've taken up exercise (40 mins - 1 hr/day at 5-6 mph on the running machine) as part of it all, but my resting HR hasn't...

I'm afraid it was my very mostest favourite as a small child and had the sign "EAT ME!" written all over it, with flashbacks to mum's overstocked cake-stand on the teatime table. The next thing I knew it was gone and all I could taste was the marzipan..... In the cold light of the day...

Paulins, Way to go! I'm truly in awe of anyone who can lose 63lb in the time you have. My 39lb has taken since last September, with the ND giving me the kick I needed, last month, but your losses are something else again. It's even more remarkable considering that the whole process gets to...

Hi, I'm exactly 28 days into the Newcastle Diet and I've noticed a few more effects. Whereas before I started I was getting fasting levels in the 6s and 7s, they're now invariably under 5.5. (very often, oddly enough, 5.2). I'm obviously very happy with that but I'm now starting to see...

If it helps, I'm T2 and I used to have levels spiking into double figures. When I first took action to reduce my BG levels I experienced false hypos and I agree they are very scary. They did quickly go away, however, as my body got more used to lower BG levels and I now regularly get readings...

The programme went the way of many of those which purport to be dealing with serious issues these days: it was 'dumbed-down'. TV programmers seem to think that the great British public are incapable of taking in any information unless it's broken into the lowest possible denominators, and are...

My experience bears that out, Cara, I had mild problems and they went within 2 days of going on the Newcastle Diet. That was 3 weeks ago and so far they haven't been back. I'm not putting the flags out yet (as my granny used to say), rather I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the relief...