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Soft Tofu - if you can get it. It's called silky tofu sometimes, no chewing required!

Hi @VioletViolet Congratulations in reducing your HBA1C from 54 to 42 in just 2 months. It's more of an achievement than it may seem because the red blood cells which the HbA1c measures live for around 3 months, which means that up to 1/3rd of them had been around before you started Low Carbing...

Hi @GM1986 I note that you don't have diabetic blood glucose numbers, and are merely pre-diabetic. Thus, you may not need to take much action in order to get your BG numbers back down into the normal range. But what is the plan you are following in order to achieve this? You mention various BG...

Hi @Nicksellick A slightly different view as to what may have gone wrong: While dropping your HbA1C by so much so quickly is admirable, is it possible that you were trying too hard? I feel that unless a low carb way of eating is enjoyable it will be difficult to sustain. Controlling diabetes...

I'm a diet controlled T2D (in remission for over 4yrs) but have never been given any 'targets', though neither have I ever taken any diabetes medication. Instead of just taking diet advice from my GP (more low fat, lots of fruit and veg), I initially opted for control using a Low Carb 'way of...

A reminder to please remain on topic with replies to question from @LadyBug26 . While it's true that it's unhelpful to describe something used as often as a medicine bag for a T1 as 'an emergency bag', the semantics of what each of us name our “kit” is irrelevant to the OP

@Ruth clarke Hi and welcome to the forum. I'm a slim type 2 diabetic (in remission for over 4yrs) not cured. You may be unaware, but it is thought that around 10% of Type 2 diabetics either have a normal BMI or are only slightly overweight. I was 2lbs overweight at diagnosis having gained...

Hi yourself, and welcome to the forum. A fasting Blood Glucose level reding doesn't always mean much - though yours looks fine. Fasting BG is often affected by Dawn Phenomenon, which is where the liver dumps glucose into the bloodstream to give us energy to go hunt/gather our first meal of the...

Steroids often do raise Blood Glucose, but if you need them then your diabetes should take 2nd priority until you can wean yourself off them. You certainly aren't alone in having diabetes and needing steroids, many forum members have been in that situation.

My neighbour tried it for weight loss - inconclusive result apart from that he now hates the taste of ACV. The theory is that, like lemon juice, ACV is supposed to reduce your appetite. Lemon juice didn't have that effect for me, but eating low carb including (at first) a zero carb breakfast...

@kenkamath No, the glucose never unbinds, but the red blood cell 'dies and id replaced by a new one. The HbA1C figures are an accurate approximation to the average Blood glucose levels for the life of your red blood cells. In addition, Blood Glucose is also measured directly and through also...

We keep saying it because it is so important: Controlling diabetes (or remission if you are fortunate) is a marathon - not a sprint. So it's better to have a sustainable plan yielding decent results, than one which gives fantastic quick results but is unsustainable in the longer term! Edited...

Hi @DarbyPancho and welcome to the forum. I'm not a coffee drinker, but most in here seem to drink it with either double or single cream. Many of us would never eat half a banana or grapes either, but if you have tested those and they don't spike your blood glucose, then good for you. So far as...

If the 'cholesterol pills' are statins, then they could raise your blood glucose levels a bit. Steroids can do that as well. Edited to say steroids can...

Hi @sheepshanks and welcome to the forum. There are 2 main reasons why meals for Type 2 Diabetes control/remission are tricky. 1. Back in the 1980's the low fat fad caught on and doctors started advising all their patients (including diabetics) to eat lots of fruit and whole grains, but little...

Dr Bret Sher (previously with DietDoctor) says it doesn't.

Finger prick just before then 2hr after eating is exactly what I did to find out what I can eat and how much of it. After I got into remission I hardly ever need to test anymore.

Clarification: Modern CGMs don't show current reading from interstitial fluid, they project the trend (if there is a trend) in order to get a more accurate reading most of the time. The downside of this is that it means they tend to over-estimate BG at highs and underestimate BG at lows...

A way of eating which is quite good and sustainable, is much more use than one which is perfect yet unsustainable. We have to be in this for the long term, because we want to live a long, healthy and enjoyable life!

@_Steve_ For me the major flaw with such very low cal diets, is that many/most of those who manage to stick to this unsustainable diet for 8 weeks (or 12 max depending upon particular diet) are still unable to adjust to eating so as to maintain their short term weight loss and lowered BG. Many...