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Breakfast is usually coffee with milk (2g carbs), 30 grams roasted peanuts (2g carbs), chia seed pudding with almond milk (3g carbs), full fat greek yoghurt with 20g blueberries mixed in (6g carbs). Mid morning snack usually black coffee with a Kind Sea Salt and almond bar (8 carbs per bar)...

Hi Everyone, I've got my next HB1AC test on the 15th August and, as I'm currently spot testing at between 6.0 and 7.5 mm/l at 2 hours pp, I'm hoping it will come back below 50 (either pre-D or normal range). Note: currently on 2000 mg metformin a day I'm currently operating on a carb range of...

6.4 for me

You might find it useful to keep a food diary. There are a number of different apps out there you can use (I use Carbs & Cals) although MyFitnessPal is supposed to be good and they do the carbs/cals/protein/fat breakdown for you. It will give you an idea of how much you need to eat in order to...

Asda also do a decent full fat Greek Style yoghurt. I usually have 100g with 20g blueberries mixed in

I quite like the Kind Caramel Almonds and Sea Salt bars. At just under 8 carbs a pop, it's not excessive and I can have 1 a day without going over my 40-60 carbs limit

The R- alpha lipoic acid is a good shout. I'm taking it 3 times daily and it has helped lessen the discomfort from my feet (Peripheral Neuropathy)

7.8 fasting (fasting lipid blood test this morning :arghh:) but down to 7.6 pp

7.4 for me at 06:50 - first time taking a fasting level as I'm starting a diabetes "Expert" course today and I thought I needed to know. up to 8.9 an hour after breakfast which is high for me, but only a 1.5 spike, which I can live with.

Thanks - low carb mediteranean means non tropical fruit, oily fish (salmon etc), lots of vegetables, wholemeal rice/eggs that sort of thing. My nephew is type 1, so I got myself the same blood sugar testing stuff that he started out with. Test 1 hour after meals and my levels are now about...

Hi everyone - newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetic. Prescribed 1500mg metformin daily + 20mg atorvastatin. Looking for advice on diet (currently low carb mediteranean) for my fatty liver + any suggestions for coping with peripheral neuropathy in my feet.