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Apart from the food you eat, there are about 40 reasons for higher blood glucose; and if the CGM is pretty flat then it seems your problem is not your food. Of course, our bodies change over time and some functions may not run so well as they used to (thinking insulin production here). Some...

Yes, many people did in the days before T2 Diabetes remission by dietary means was found to be a real thing. I'm a diet controlled (Low Carb) T2D in remission for over 4 yrs - i.e. my HbA1C has been under 42 for that time. Even if you didn't get approval from your GP, I hope that you informed...

In response to your other post on this subject, I suggested you read about the lean Mass Hyper- Responder study and our Cholesterol and Statins thread: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/

Hi @SJSS Are you a normal weight? Or are you overweight/obese? The reason I ask is that for most (T2 Diabetics) a low carb way of eating raises HDL, Lowers Triglycerides and either has no effect on LDL or actually lowers it a bit. However, for relatively slim T2D on a low Carb way of eating...

I must be very fortunate in that my friends all accept that I eat 'odd' food - mainly meat, fish, cheese. I always go to restaurants where a small substitution, or just not eating part of a dish can keep me low carb. Hence I just don't seem to get these problems that others complain about...

@Lizzypier Metformin doesn't directly reduce BG and is a long lasting medication which takes time to build up within your body. So it's unlikely you will see any effect from Metformin for a week or so. In any case, the effect of Metformin is on the liver in reducing the amount of glucose that...

Hi @Kensho28 How do you know which foods you are OK with? Have you tested your reaction to eating them - either with a Blood Glucose meter or with a CGM? Both apples and pears can vary considerably in sweetness (depending upon variety and ripeness) and in any case all starches digest into...

She appears more concerned about flattening out glucose rises rather than reducing glucose load and also (as Mrs A2 has said,) describes perfectly normal post prandial rises as 'spikes'. To gain and then maintain my 'in remission' status I focused on reducing total glucose load as much as on...

Type 2 diabetes is reversable for some/many, but not for all (as can be seen in this forum). The same applies to diabetic neuropathy.

Hi @Kensho28 and welcome to the forum. I have a few observations: 1. If you cut down on carbohydrates, then it is usually advisable to eat more fats, so as to have enough energy and to stay warm in winter. Fear of higher cholesterol is not a reason for 'normal overweight' Type 2's to reduce fat...

Fruit , noodles and rice are the ones to avoid if diet controlled diabetic in Thailand. There are plenty of low carb veg available there to have instead of rice/noodles. There are also plenty of grilled/roasted meat/fish dishes - just avoid using too much sauce on them as it can be quite carby...

Hi @StrugglingSuzy It is normal for your blood glucose levels to be higher while you have an illness, injury, stress, lack of sleep because your liver will make more glucose and put it into your bloodstream in order to deal with the situation. I don't consider readings above 7 .0 mmol to be a...

Unfortunately, 'the power that be' just have one set of nutritional advice and don't distinguish between Diabetics (Type 1 or Type 2) and non-diabetics. This is almost like having only one limit for units of alcohol and applying it to all adults whether alcoholic or not. Quite a few people feel...

No, it isn't much at all @RobertJ 75cl is a standard sized bottle = 750ml. So, 6.5 gm of carbs per bottle is very little indeed! Personally, I doubt that a mulled wine would be so low in carbs - so please test your own reaction carefully!

Unless you happen to digest carbs exactly as the panel who tested the foods given a GI value, you will find that the GI value is just a rough guide and that you need to keep a food diary in order to work out which foods in which quantities are OK for you and which raise your BG by too much...

One reason is that while aiming for blood glucose to be back down to the level it was before eating, is that BG meters are only required to be + or - 15% accurate 95% of the time. Thus One could quite possibly get a reading up to 2mmol higher at the 2hrs post prandial time without the actual...

@Dax40 I'm not sure if this has been mentioned already, but it isn't advisable to stay on a very low calorie diet for too long- most of them say just to do it for 8 to 12 weeks otherwise its possible for deficiencies to occur. The fact that you are low carbing and also fasting means that your BG...

People's T2DM can be very individual, just as reaction to carbs can be. So we can't tell how many carbs we can deal with or which particular carbs we get less of a reaction to. For some people the fact that pizza contains a lot of fat means that the carbs take longer to digest into glucose than...

Yoy are doing great, Hypos are not a problem for Type 2's unless they are taking insulin or some other glucose reducing drug like gliclazide, but not metformin which only acts to prevent the liver dumping excessive glucose into the bloodstream. It is understandable why your Blood glucose has...

Various Doctors who specialise in Low Carb for weight loss and diabetes have 'agreed/confirmed' (on Twitter, YouTube etc.) that their experience matches what I have deduced from my own searches. For what that's worth. To get the thread back on track @Nuttymichelle while there still few medical...