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There is an expensive bar I'm fond of, Labooko dark style milk by Zotter. It is 70% cocoa, 30% milk, no added sugar.

I'm not diabetic but have been in a prediabetes group through NHS, not terribly targeted, so I started reading here. Someone recommended a programme - I hope it's OK for me to post it, I think it's very useful, called Freshwell Low Carb Project. Freshwell is a placename in Essex, where two GPs...

I think that's right that the NHS doesn't advocate low carb. I am going to an NHS-funded prediabetes class and we are told to follow the Eatwell Guide, which recommends at least 30% starchy carbs on your plate. I don't like that.

Many thanks. It is the Yeo 5% yogurt I like, not the Fage or whatever.

I certainly have enough information to proceed, but just one further question. I read here that full fat Greek yogurt, which I used to eat, is best, but currently I eat the 5% stuff because I like the taste. So I tried some glucose monitoring today: fasting at 8.00 was 7.0, then at 9.50, just...

Thanks very much, becca59. That helps me to understand the question of averaging out or not over the day, which I had not understood from the previous exchange. I will try it out starting with the breakfast. I don't usually have breakfast before 10, if at all, so I will test when I get up but...

Thank you, Antje. Yes, of course the carb figure in nutracheck is not specific to me, but it is sufficient for me to see how much I ate - though it is fibre and protein I usually look for. The carb figure seems to be something like 25% of what they have decided I should be eating every day. I...

(to Pipp) I don't understand this forum and I sent off my reply too soon, but I can't see it now. I just wanted to add that "striving for perfection" is surely not a good idea. But I don't see how I can write or reply in this forum without being interpreted as a perfectionist. What we are...

Thanks, that does sound lke a good idea. I am not spherical, more barrage-balloon-like. Am 78. I will see about the low carb thing. I do not systematically count carbs. I do have nutricheck, which I occasionally use to see how much protein and fibre I am getting. I am interested in, but don't...

Thanks, Resurgam, that does sound lke a good idea. I am not spherical, more barrage-balloon-like. Am 78. I will see about the low carb thing. I do not systematically count carbs. I do have nutricheck, which I occasionally use to see how much protein and fibre I am getting. I am interested in...

Thank you. But the HbA1c result is not so great!

I'm not sure if I need any advice on this - just to keep going on as before - but I thought I'd get more sense in this forum than from my GP. HbA1c July 2021: 40 November 23: 47 "acceptable - continue to monitor" March 2025: 45 "Referral to NDPP (National Diabetes Prevention Programme)...

That was "you shouldn't eat carbs WITHOUT protein" though.

I noticed that the provider of this face-to-face prediabetes programme is Thrive Tribe. Here is a link, relating to gestational diabetes, but it's the same general setup...

Which course are you doing? Is it Second Nature or what provider? I thought of doing it online a couple of years ago - this was not Second Nature but Ovivo (?) - but it turned out that I would have to log every detail of my life including every 200ml of water I drank, and as I already log...

I've booked the face-to-face group. It starts on April 2nd when I talk to someone on the phone for 20 mins. After that, there are a number of two-hour group sessions.

That's brilliant and I think I will do the same. No reason not to try it just because I have low expectations (for some reason I always feel guilty about that). Thank you.

I have been trying to eat a lot of protein and fibre. (Zoe constantly gave me fat warnings so I try not to use masses of olive oil). The recommended breakfast of 5% Greek yogurt with frozen fruit and fibre, plus some chicken breast for even more protein, a small black coffee and maybe an apple -...

I'm not tempted but will not decide today. I have read more on that Healthier You site and see there are three options: online with Zoom, which sounded interesting but is for people who have particular reasons not to handle "digital" or have poor English, so that's not me; a local face-to-face...

What are you quoting - is this the Freshwell site or the NHS one? Sorry, my brain is a bit full at the moment.