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Well it has been very badly done, that's all I can say. It appears to specifically support all the prejudices held by the great general non-diabetic public. We'er all fat slobs who don't take enough exercise. It does NOT mention ethnicity, genes etc nor does it ask a sensible question like "Do...

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/Ways-to-donate/tv-campaign/ OK here is the link

I saw it about 2 night ago on the tv - don't know how to get a link................

In 2011 catherinecherub wrote an excellent post which started "I know that some Type 2's have a hard time because they think that because they are overweight that they brought this on themselves." She then gives a link to a very useful article and I quote "While type 1 diabetes is caused by an...

Sorry if i am spamming - I did start a new thrread

Just had to share this with everyone - just had a 6 month HBa1c result, down to 48 from (55 six months ago) and GP has reduced my Metformin dose. I have been low(ish) carbing for a few months, not very strictly as I have been eating Finn Crisp daily but I have cut out bread, potatoes, rice...

Thanks for this - I just wish they had made it clear why I had to fast. The next problem is that I don't know what they intend to test for at my next blood test which is an extra one as far as I am concerned, I have in the past just attended once per year. Oh well. another phone call to the...

Having been told (5) years ago that I had to fast for an Hba1c test, I have just been informed by the receptionist (and she went away and checked this apparently) that I no longer have to fast for this test! If this is true, I wish they had told me sooner, but is this now general? I have always...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/829823?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=208445FV This is an interesting article - perhaps it is old hat to some but it is the first time that I have come across an environmental link with developing diabetes.

Perhaps we're just all different

Hi - I keep reading about this - I too seem to get higher blood glucose readings in the morning than the night before (I buy my own test strips and test at least twice a day.) One night I couldn't sleep so did a bg reading every time I went to the bathroom - I found that my blood glucose went up...

I follow slimming world's original diet (red) using my "syns" for fat and not having the healthy extras of carbs (which also allows for 240 more calories of fat!) The original recipes are often useful if you're low carbing as they concentrate on protein - all starchy veg have to be "synned out"...

I have been following this diet since near to the beginning of January this year and I have only lost 6 lbs. I am so despondent as I eat so little I don't think that I can go any lower. My BG has improved from 8 to 9 in the morning to 7 or even below, and at night it is 5.5 average from (7 to...

IF my body was in ketosis (although I am not on Atkins - eating a little more veg and salad than this) will tiny amounts of other foods destroy this? Then will I have to wait several days to get back into fat burning again? For example, at the moment I have coffee with cream and resist the...

Hi Still persevering with the low carb diet but yesterday I gave in to a small piece of "normal" cake (son's birthday). Will this set me back a whole week's weight loss? I haven't been particularly hungry today, my BG was up only a little this morning and I am right back on track. Advice...

I am curious about the question from question from totto about eating enough fat. I really do not know how much I should be eating. For example, my usual breakfast is one large and one small egg beaten up and fried in a small knob of coconut oil with 2 bricks frozen spinach and 35g grated...

Thanks for the suggestions. the gp checked my thyroid about 3 years ago and said it was completely normal although I am suspicious it isn't as I have no eyebrows and apart from my head, almost no bodily hair. I can take vit d tabs, I have some and did take them for a while. I am in my late 50s...

Hello I was under the impression that some people can lose significant amounts of weight by low carbing, but whilst experiencing benefits to my blood pressure and my blood glucose readings, my weight loss is VERY slow and yet I am being really strict with my diet . I am about 4 stone overweight...

I recently went to a health spa and was shocked to be denied almost any treatment on offer sue to me having type 2 diabetes. I was banned from the sauna, from having a massage (all I was allowed was a "tickle" - no pressure at all) and the thalassotherapy pool let alone the wraps and rubs with...