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@Ribbet - I found some fat reduced almond flour locally! so will be trying that, thanks for the suggestion. I’ve toasted seeds before and loved the flavour but had forgotten all about them - will definitely give it a try. Particularly to moderate the rather strong taste of Brussels sprouts...

@Contralto - that recipe looks awesome! I am definitely going to try it once I’m through this ‘fresh Newcastle diet’ stage. Have bookmarked it. You must be a terrific baker!

@brassyblonde900 - thanks for the idea! I’ll look into inulin powder. My main interest in posting is figuring out how to blunt sugar spikes when needed - eg I eat something ‘not allowed’ - this is not for now, but in future when I get to the right weight. So far I have - add fibre to it...

@bulkbiker - What I’m eating is 8-900 calories low carb high fibre each day as 1 meal (or one meal plus a snack). Aiming for 25 gms fibre. Breakfast - 2x psyllium husk capsules plus water and a mug of bouillon. Lunch - chicken breast and 2 rashers of back bacon with 3-400 gms of green veg...

@Bluetit1802 - I have flaxseed so I’ll try pounding it and using it as you suggest. The cream is a useful idea too which I will squirrel away. The idea behind my one meal a day is to give my pancreas and liver a rest. Before, I was constantly grazing so my base rate was high and I was spiking...

I spiked to 7.4 when I had it with milk, but with almond milk and a brisk 40 min walk my bs was 6.3 2 hours later - so I think I can incorporate it. Nothing else works anything like as well.

@ickihun - I’m really hoping to find this reaction and have started training myself. While I agree on the food tbh - I’m already feeling so many things are too sweet - there are some lovely tea spots near me and I love the ambiance, such a pleasant place to be for an hour. But I’m sure they’d...

@Ribbet - lots of useful stuff here! Thank you so much. It’s more or less along the lines of my own thinking, too. I’m going for 8 weeks of 1 meal a day low calorie (800-900 cals) which is also an LCHF diet. I find I need 25-30gms fibre a day even when drinking 3.5 litres of water a day. This is...

Thanks Rachox for the idea of protein bars - though I think I'd feel deprived! But the cream in the scone is a good point. Maybe take my own fresh raspberries instead of jam! Hiitsme - that's useful to know, there is hope then. And I'm planning on very occasional, Raygower. The bread is really...

Reporting back in - I've made progress! I'm trying a fresh food equivalent to the the Newcastle diet at the moment. But I'm eating it as one big meal around 1pm. This has really lowered my average blood sugars - especially as I take a brisk walk for 45 minutes after eating! So my bgs are now...

Can you get her an appointment with the Diabetes clinic attached to the hospital? The professionals there are often better than the doctors imho. But I agree with others - she needs a champion, and places like age concern local to her are where you might find someone. What part of the country...

I'm trying to take a scientific approach to understanding my T2 diabetes and am on a fresh food version of the Newcastle diet (powders don't agree with me - not enough fibre, even with the green veg). I'm wondering how best to manage occasional carb treats. IFor example, does it make any...

I can recommend the mysgr app - you can track your blood sugar results and after it has about 40 readings it predicts your HBA1c if you get similar readings over 3 months. Inspiring to hear about your 6.9! I’ve found taking a walk after meals really helps to bring down my ‘2 hours after...

Last night 5.5, this morning 5.8 I’ve switched to one large low carb high fibre meal a day at lunch time which has made a big difference to my evening blood sugars - and keeps blood levels stable all day. My aim is to give insulin production a rest overnight. I’m struggling to get enough fibre...

Last night 5.7, this morning 5.9. That’s after fasting from lunchtime yesterday. (Up to 7.7 when Dawn kicked in.)

This thread is inspiring! I am recently diagnosed with Type 2 and have started bg testing over the past few days. I’d come to the same idea of trying to give my system a rest by only eating when bg was below 6 and was thinking of asting the rest of today - then I happened across this thread...

Yes, I’m Type 2. Age 65 and taking a scientific approach! Last night my bg was 6.9, this morning 7.4 - I left it an hour without eating to see what it would do and it went up to 7.8.

Last night 8.2, this morning 8.4. I also took a reading just after 2am which was 7.2. These are my first blood readings as a recently diagnosed Type 2 so it was good to know about Dawn Phenomenon. I’m trying to figure out what impact different foods have on my bg.