Search Results

I am super-aware of this difference between the UK (WHO) cutoff and the US. My first and worst A1c showed 41. Luckily, the Practice nurse pointed out to me that I was only one ml/L away from Pre-diabetes. In the US 41 would be considered fairly in to Pre-diabetes already. Their cutoff...

It must be a rare human being who never lets slip the behaviours they know to be good for them or never does the things they know to be self-harming. For motivation, I like to watch frequent, regular little videos by Dennis Pollock. If you like watching videos, just go to Youtube and search...

Personally, I normally consume 10 net grammes / 20 total grammes of carbs daily, so 8g just for 2 small drinks sounds like a lot to me. I am influenced by Dr Eric Westman and his "Prescription Strength keto". 20g total carbs is his recommendation, though not necessarily for life. You might...

Thanks, Mrs T.

Me too! But this is the UK (post Brexit and post pandemic, hospital doctors & consultants striking, nurses leaving because they can do better for themselves working in supermarkets). People are dying waiting for ambulances, dying in ambulances waiting outside hospitals, dying on trolleys waiting...

As I said, I have appointments for tests ordered by the Cardiology Dept. at the end of July. I presume that once they have the results I will be invited in to discuss them.

Sounds awful! I like the sound of the Gentle Grip socks. My ex-husband's 2nd wife buys him long socks from M&S and cuts off the tops to make him short socks plus wrist warmers.

It's complicated. For many years I have had a tendency to atrial fibrillation and then, in addition since 2018, flutter, more or less controlled by taking Flecainide and a beta blocker. Both AF and beta blockers can cause lymphedema / swelling. Now the control is no longer working well and I...

Both my lower legs, ankles and feet are swollen, the right badly, the left less so. I was consoling myself that at least every morning my fasting blood glucose is gloriously low, when it dawned on me that all this edema may be diluting my bg. Google has nothing to say about this, just the...

I was horrified to read this, as without cheese I might well starve to death! I Googled and found this from Penn Medicine: "When it comes to cheese, older isn't always better… for headaches. If eating cheese makes your head hurt, it's likely an aged-type like Swiss, Parmesan, Brie or cheddar...

Well-done exercising with Ménière’s disease. Some time ago I suffered from attacks of vertigo and found it extremely difficult to exercise. I don't think anyone who has not experienced this can understand how frightening and disabling it can be.

Fascinating - I would never have expected this. Luckily perhaps for me I don't have access to goose liver, so I can't test this out on mysel. Have you tried chicken liver? I have taken to eating sheep's liver. Very tasty and supposedly no carbs, whereas chicken liver does have some. (I suppose...

I too have osteopoenia and take a lot of supplements (probably too many) including calcium citrate with vitamin D, as well as prescription pills. It makes my blood boil when I see eg dextrose or maize starch included in vitamin or mineral tablets or, worse, in prescription meds. Before I buy I...

Very confusingly, there are 2 organisations in the UK with very similar names. Are you sure the leaflet you have is from the organisation that hosts these Forums ie diabetes.co.uk (Commonly proponents of low carb)? The other one is diabetesuk.org. (Commonly more old-fashiond.) If you Google...

How great it would be if taking Berberine capsules could help with all of these 3 goals! My doctor too is unhappy with my high LDL and nags about statins. I myself would almost kill to see my bg, trigs and LDL lower. I have recently been influenced by this Youtube video by Amy Berger: She...

@ZoeMobley Mine too!

@Goonergal Ah yes, I can just about control my Montezuma 100% intake, but since I scraped out the last of my almond butter I have had to vow, BUY NO MORE of that. Tuit nutrition has a video on Trigger Foods, but I hardly need to watch it. I ALREADY KNOW!

You might enjoy this little video: Very much in line with @VashtiB's advice. Good luck!

@JohnEGreen Very good to hear from you. I was wondering.

@Widgets I strongly agree, but usually what matters is the ratio of the various ingredients, not the precise volume or weight. I believe the US cup measure is different from the UK cup measure, but sets of cup measures in shops never seem to specify which they are.