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Actually 1% of £160 million is £1.6 million which is exactly the same amount that the government pay ATOS to reduce the benefits bill. So where is the saving? All these reassessments do is to cause unbelievable stress to those who are most at risk in our so called society...

A healthy heart rate may vary considerably with age, below is a graph showing target heart rates after exercise for varying age groups. The above graph was taken from a screen capture from The American Heart Associations web site...

The evidence seems overwhelming :D

I think it is really exciting to see that research and development in this area has progressed to this stage and that there is now a real chance of a viable "cure" for certain type of diabetes that it will probably be seen within many of our lifetimes. Whether it is this development or one of...

LOL.....OK wrong again it seems you dont need butter at all, guess its not my day :D http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/guess-who-got-15-jars-of-almond-butter.51856/page-2 Although it doesnt look like any almond butter I have ever seen in a shop.

Correction for peanut butter apparently you dont need butter just peanuts roasted peanut or vegetable oil and salt and sugar to taste. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Peanut-Butter Interesting, but almond butter definitely contains butter...

Sadly not the case if you blitz almonds you get almond flour but take it too far and you get a gloopy mess not Almond butter, I would guess the same is true of peanuts too but have not tried it. To make almond butter or peanut butter you need errrrr, butter!!

Headline in todays Express talks of an artificial pancreas a British invention that is set for human trials in 2016. The implant and the necessary surgery to fit it will cost around £5000. Full story here...

I also found this page useful in explaining resistant starch. http://www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-resistant-starch It states in conclusion that: Image from the above page:

Hi skit94 and welcome to the forum. As you are pregnant it is of the utmost importance that your baby gets the nutrition he/she requires I would think to that end your best course of action would be to ask your doctor/midwife to refer you to a specialist in gestational diabetes as they will be...

I wish your father a speedy recovery from his bypass op and hope his op goes well...

Congratulations Shelley thats great Keep up the good work

To everyone who has lost weight, it is the best thing that any overweight diabetic can do to help gain better control and you should be congratulated.. Very well done and keep it up, you will see great results :)

You dont need to low carb to have an interest in it and there is nothing to stop anyone commenting on any diet related thread as far as I am aware and you certainly do not run this forum Paul........food for thought?

Over the last 5 years I have lost over 27% of my body weight and have never had an HbA1c outside the 5%'s mostly low 5's but I'm not cured, I'm just well controlled. Sorry to have to say this but if you were a T2 diabetic then you will still be a T2 diabetic, there is no cure so either you were...

As already posted fasting blood tests are usually only done for a full lipid panel (cholesterol) and less frequently for a fasting blood glucose test but if you have not been told to fast then assume you dont have to.

Hi Jumapi, you are quite correct to say that to increase dietary fat when you are already overweight is not the answer and will not lead to weight loss especially as you are on steroids. I was diagnosed with diabetes after taking prednisolone for three years for a respiratory condition and as...

Hi psr and welcome to the forum, the advice you have been given is all good advice and is based on the Glycemic Index (GI) which tells which foods have the most and fastest acting carbohydrates these are the "high" foods you have been told about that should be eaten sparingly if at all. Medium...

A very quick look at this scheme tells me its network marketing which is purely pyramid selling made legal. Always remember that behind every scheme is a schemer