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Anybody got an awesome low carb cheesecake recipe? I'm meant to be taking a dessert to lunch at a friends house on Monday, and would like to be able to eat some of it!

Thanks Alison, It looks like there are a few things that keep cropping up. But maybe to keep it simple I might start with a good quality multivitamin, keep up the the Glucosamine, Condroitin and MSM that I'm already using and add some Chromium and Omega 3. Maybe throw in some Acai Berry and...

Good question.....I live in Surrey, about 10 miles south of Guildford - so I guess it's NHS Surrey? Anybody have any idea of their policy?

Sue - do you have a link to this guideline?

Sue - I completely agree with you. That's exactly the route I am trying to go down. The funny thing is, I normally eat only really good food - and very little in the way of processed carbs and sugar anyway. Of course, brewing beer has meant that I probably haven't had the best overall long term...

I want to be clear that I'm only doing preliminary reading here and would in no way recommend any kind of supplements to anyone! :D After all, I've only been diagnosed T2 for the last 3 days, and am just trying to find out the best way to keep my BG levels under control....which is how I've...

Thanks Ken, Some interesting reading there.... On the Gluco-whatsit...... No - I really do mean "glucomannan" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucomannan (I have no idea if it's good for T2 or not, but it keeps coming up in the reading I'm doing) But I already take glucosamine anyway - and...

:D I've already got a plan to take my laptop to my first appointment with a full blown powerpoint presentation going through my first few weeks readings, excercise record and plan, food diary, diet plan, blood pressure records etc, etc....ad nauseum! The nurse is going to be happy to get rid...

So, the good news here is that my BG level was 13.2 before dinner, and now 2 hours after an awesome curry and a bottle of red wine, it's 8.2 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D So - although these aren't great numbers in themselves, it's at least an indication that I can...

Thanks Phoenix! I'm testing EVERYTHING right now......luckily enough I can currently afford to invest in enough strips (eBay for the cheapest ones) if it's going to let me get a handle on this disease - although when I get my first "Diabetes Nurse" appointment in a couple of weeks, i shall...

Reviving an old thread..... I've been drinking a lot of tea recently - mainly whole leaf green tea, but also "Pu Ehr" tea (bad name, i know) but it's apparently reputed to lower cholesterol levels and assist in weight loss. i have no opinion either way, but I enjoy the taste. I currently drink...

Excellent. Many thanks!

Thanks.... So there seems to be a few things that keep cropping up: Cinammon Glucomannan (sp?) Acai Berry Chromium and now this Benfotamaine too. Anybody know of any more? It might be possible to make up a custom formula?

Thanks! I think you pasted the wrong link, but I found the calculator and some discussions as well....so now i understand. On the 15 number, i think (hope) it must have been a value at that point. Over the last 2 days, I've been testing a lot and 15 is the highest number I've seen - my average...

I'm new here, so this is probably a dumb question, but.... OK - so I know HbA1C is a test for Glycated Haemoglobin and I haven't yet had my first appointment with my "Diabetes Nurse", but all I've really got to go on with my T2 diagnosis so far was that my doc said "Your sugars are at about 15...

Well....I'm a dab hand with a home made curry. I normally make up a tomato, onion and spice based "base" sauce and then add different meat and secondary spices to it to end up with various different dishes. This is pretty much how they do it in most Indian restaurants too. However, I'm also...

Just to bump this thread.....my wife just came home from M&S with a bag of Chilli Seed Mix. It's "roasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds with dark soy sauce and chilli flakes" Tastes lovely - and 2.9g of Carbs per 100g!

Are there any recommended (either by word of mouth or clinical trial - I'm not too fussy) dietary supplements that would be helpful in control of BG levels for T2? I'd be interested to know anybody's thoughts about vitamins/minerals/other stuff that can be helpful...

Good advice folks.....thanks a lot! Now the really important question :D ......what about Curry? I CANNOT live without curries. I presume that most meat dishes shouldn't be too bad, but the rice and breads are going to have to go and maybe be replaced by veggie side dishes...? It's going to...

So the bowl of Muesli was probably 100g portion size or so......and now that I have checked the box, it says 58.4g of carbs per 100g, of which 24.3g are sugar. This is "Dorset Cereals Fruit, Nuts & Seed". When I bought it, I just looked at the ingredients, saw no listing for sugar and presumed...