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My argument isn't about what people choose to eat or not. The fact is that we the public are forever bombarded with conflicting information about what is considered good food or bad food. To be honest, too much of anything is bad for our health, even water. Reading about how they reached the...

Maybe we shouldn't eat anything lol If you believed everything you read about what to eat and what not to eat you would be changing your diet everyday. I read some of the report and if I ate cereals, bread etc I would according to the report reduce my risk of cancer but I would definitely...

Remember if you cut the carbs do check your blood sugars if you take gliclazide as I am told your levels can go to low. If you just take metformin as I do, that doesn't normally happen.

Your levels are quite high and as you know diet has the biggest impact. I can tell you are feeling down so I appreciate your'e not in a good place at this moment in time. Working from home can be isolating and that's not always good for people. As everyone has advised, you must book a GP...

When you test what sort of readings are you getting. Were you low carb before you stopped taking your med? I agree with HSSS, it would be a good idea to make a GP appointment. Just let them know how your feeling. Or have you got family or friends you could talk to? If not you always have us, but...

Hi Aethalides, what meds were you taking? If just metformin I don't think it has a great impact on sugar levels. What is your diet like? I think you may have what people call diabetic burn out. There is a thread about it but not sure how to direct you to it. I think everybody feels like you at...

Your doing so well. Just keep on doing what your doing one day at a time and before you know it your blood sugars will be perfect. You could try putting a large A4 sheet of paper on your fridge which reads something like "binging = high blood sugars and makes me feel bad" and when you get the...

Just wanted to say that the calculator is quite off putting. It's really strange that it says that all the ratio's are ideal which they are and then in big red letters it says high risk and very high risk!! It would be better if it then gave an explanation as to why. If the overall figure and...

I'm so happy for you. Just think of it as one day at a time. Today was a good day, tomorrow is another day and you will deal with that when it arrives. Don't think too far ahead as I think it puts you under pressure. Everyone has good days, bad days and better days. Take it in your stride and...

Hi Flak, well done so far. I'm not an expert as I was only diagnosed just over a year ago and it's a steep learning curb. But by reading many posts on this forum, I would assume that pre-diabetes is showing you are beginning to have some insulin resistance and if you were to carry on would...

I am sorry your'e feeling this way. Isn't it always true that all the things we like doing is life is bad for us for one reason or another. Not only do you have diabetes but also like lots of people a love of food. It's no different to me but my problem is cigarettes. I'm working on it, but like...

Good to hear your back on the wagon. Obviously, you are well educated about low carb and what to eat and not to eat. Was just thinking are you overweight (don't want to sound rude). It's just that some people find that when they get their weight down their sugar levels improve. Also, have you...

I quite agree that diet and exercise does not work for everyone and some will need medication. I sometimes think it depends why you got diabetes in the first place. I think there are many reasons, for instance, the majority of people who get type 2 are overweight (regardless of why e.g. insulin...

Although it's gone to 8, it has only risen by 1.2, which is less than 2. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression that you should try to keep a rise 2 or below after eating. So, 8 maybe a little high but you started at 6.8. If you had started at 6, you would...

Frustrating isn't it!!! I find if I don't eat in the mornings my BG will continue to rise so I make sure I eat something. Have you tried some full fat greek yoghurt with cream. I seem to be ok with that. Of course, as you know stress can make BG rise and sometimes without realising it we are...

Hi Welcome to the forum. There are lots of people on here who can give you great advice and are very supportive. I've only been diagnosed just over a year so I'm still learning. It would help members on here if you could let them know your HbA1C results. Also, what is your daily diet like. You...

Breakfast for me is full fat greek yoghurt with double cream and a few frozen raspberries. Delicious.

I always find that ready meals have lot of salt which isn't good for me. I prefer to make my own meals and then I know whats in them.

I really feel for you. I know it can be difficult when you want to carry on eating the foods which you enjoyed. You've done it once and you can do it again. I'm sure lots of us fall of the wagon sometimes, but then you have to dust yourself off and get back on track. Have you thought of baking...

O.k, I'm not as expert as others on here but I'm sure someone will be able to give you advice on the above food eaten. I would suggest to cut out the porridge and maybe replace with eggs, bacon, mushrooms or something else which contains no carbs just until you get better numbers. Lunch seems...