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Yes, and it's **** short-sightedness, particularly as a meter is an excellent motivator when one is solely diet controlled. I likewise couldn't get test strips, but until I nailed the ketone diet my DN was quite forceful attempting to coerce me into metformin and statins.

2 or 3 glasses a WEEK! Are you kidding???

Gotta be spiced rum though, and if you can get it "Dead Man's Fingers" (St Austell) really hits the spot.

I know what you mean about drinking wine when all around you are on ale... it is an elixir for getting legless faster than banana skins. What works for me is a double spiced rum in a pint glass of soda and ice. Same volume, similar alcoholic content as beer and not a carb in sight. After the...

You are of course quite correct insofar as it is uncommon to conduct a study without some limitations and these you succinctly paraphrased. In this particular exercise the researchers were exploring one specific interference factor - hematocrit, identifying from a sample of 17 those devices...

Of course you should have cut them in half... it makes good fiscal sense. I really appreciate frugality but I'm not quite as careful as Warren Buffet (on a good day the second richest man on the planet) who encourages his wife to collect discount coupons. On the other hand, and thinking about...

Perhaps the fact that meters can be obtained complementary or for a few quid on Amazon and eBay dictates their ultimate specification. As a glucose strip purveyor, why should I reduce my lucrative profit margin by developing and manufacturing a state-of-the-art meter when other providers view...

I thoroughly enjoyed your post but isn't this just what I have been rambling on about? As you rightly say, urine sticks provide a broad range to give a quick and dirty estimate of blood glucose, ketones, or whatever. All very well, but hang on a mo... these things cost 9 quid for 150 whereas...

That told him!

'Claims' is one thing and reality another. Please check the link in my original post to see the vast disparity that exists between meters, despite wide quoted hematocrit ranges. Yes, I agree that the prime condition of strips is essential but doesn' t alter the fact that a record playing on a...

With the present state of play, 75p a pop is very acceptable for those like myself who irregularly check for degree of ketosis on LCHF diet. Not wishing to pee on your firework, but perhaps an even better future proposition is the Keya Smart Meter at 71p a pop including a simultaneous blood...

That really is a tremendous bargain, assuming of course that the on-costs stack up. Please let us know what you think of the meter.

Like you I found that the Glucomen LX2 reads at least 1 mmol higher than expected. Unfortunately I had already bagged 4 phials of Glucomen strips from good ol' eBay and my frugal nature wouldn't let me waste them. Because I strongly suspected that the problem was directly related to low...

I confess to having a bee in my bonnet about glucometer accuracy and have previously tried, albeit clumsily, to initiate a discussion in order to see whether others are similarly afflicted. Having accumulated around 10 relatively contemporary meters I am surprised by the often considerable...

Well, you are absolutely brilliant and I wholeheartedly congratulate you on your achievement. Nevertheless... Confucius him say "Don't push your luck".

Not wishing to be confrontational but why would you seek out low carb alternatives to foods that are absolutely taboo such as pasta, potatoes, rice, etc.? There are so many high fat low carb foods that satiate, you really don't need these unnecessary carbs. Sorry to pontificate... but it's...

Confucius him say "Call me anything you like but don't call me late for dinner". [emoji135]

I have been pondering how different glucometers produce dramatically different results. Whilst there is usually an acceptable level of consistency between the daily readings of each, why might there be a difference in excess of 1.2 mols between one and t'other? For instance, my FBG might be 5.2...

Pardon my grammatical error. Reminds me of the uni quip aimed at the engineering faculty. "I always wanted to be an engineer and now I are one".