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What a fabulous achievement. Keep up the good work. In case you have not come across it, have a look at www.glycemicindex.com

JohnEGreen - I love your dummy spit. It was the best rant I heard in ages. BUT - really justified. I'm going to a support group here in Sydney (with about 50 regulars) but I have not caught a whiff of such **** advice from any one - expert presenters, visitors pr memebers. They would be shouted...

Hi Ian, Welcome to the site. Looks like you got the good basic stuff from daisy1, which is an excellent primer. Now you were wondering about fruit. One way we can help to manage our carbs and effects on blood levels is by using the GI value of food. GI or Glycemic Index is a relative ranking of...

Hello Jim and welcome! The Joslin Diabetic Centre (the worlds largest treatment and research facility for diabetics) states that metformin is not likely to cause a hypo. As you are sensible enough to have a meter and to use it, you should be able to spot any hypers. I presume they have started...

Well done and with class!!!:stop:

What an inspirational story. I admire your attitude and guts. In fact I will print out your blog and stick it up in my man cave so that when I am on a downer, it can remind me to get real. A warm welcome and I am sure you will find plenty of support and encouragement here.

Please ignore my post. I had different experiences here in Australia. I suppose countries vary.

Unfortunately, avoiding binge eating can be complicated - very different from diabetes as it often follows addicted patterns of behaviour.

Hi Lacerta, I am really sorry that you have this affliction - as a recovering lifelong binge eater I appreciate that it is a bad combination with diabetes. As a general rule exercise, journalling, identifying emotional triggers, physical exercise and any form of diversion - calling friends...

Hi Badboy! If your friend does not want to use this site that's her decision. If you feel comfortable here - stick around mate. Plenty of caring and supportive people with a lot of personal experiences you can tap into. You don't have to slavishly accept everything said here as we are not...

Well said Amen to that.

Truly sorry to hear about your condition and I hope your body will keep healing. I guess with cholesterol, as with a lot of other opinions/beliefs on this site, it depends on which tree we choose to "cherry pick" from and the orchard concerned. Reminds me of a quote from Malcolm Muggeridge...

I do give credit to her for the diet and exercise. While she did not diet and exercise, the statins worked for her and kept her cholesterol under control. When she started to exercise and diet, the statins were not needed as much and as a result her cholesterol improved. If further recognition...

Hi Schtompa and welcome! You are right, it is a great site. Lots of caring, friendly and supportive people. You too will find the level that suits you whether it is 20g or 200g - we are all different. Just keep posting, you will gets lot of opinions and experiences to sift through. Best of luck...

That is a tricky one, Badboydevey. A dietician/nutritionist might come in handy. Putting on/dropping weight is not as simple as calories (in whatever form) in = weight put on. I am almost jealous of your problem (weight wise that is), just don't rely on a particular diet to get the desired...

Unfortunately, there are also a lot of conspiracy theories and cherry picking going on. So it is hard to sort fact from fiction and fringe anecdotals. As the Welshman said, there are not many medicos here and everyone is doing their best to manage their condition. My wife had huge cholesterol...

I am not sure if what you say is accurate. The American Society of Cardiologists, articles on WebMD, the Harvard School of Medicine and the European Society of Cardiologists are at odds with your opinion. You might want to look at the Score Chart on CVD at www.escardio.org/EACPR.

Hi Dazzeur Welcome to the site. It seems you have been already provided with most of the good oil. Here are a couple of sites which may be of interest to you. RECIPIES: 1. www.diabetes.org/mfa-recipies This is the American diabetes web site and offers printer friendly recipies with full...

I am not sure how much you exercise, but it seemed to have worked with me. I exercised my butt off and my triglyc is 1.1, HDL is 1.0 and LDL is .7. Admittedly I am still on 10mg of statin (down from 40) although its due to be reviewed (I have also avoided saturated fats like the plague)...

Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous! Keep it going Helen4444.