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I got confused which site he was referring to.

I thought he was referring to a different site.

Personally, I would not focus on recipes as much as key foods to remove from your diet and key foods to balance in. I have no idea where the bananas and chick peas thing comes in, you should research food nutrients. Very easy to do on Google. What you are looking for are total net carbs. To get...

Went for my follow-up appointment last Thursday and the doctor confirmed what I already knew with my own testing, my results came back 6.2 and he finally agreed that I won't need metformin and to continue with what I'm doing. Then he pointed out that my triglycerides were still high, so I asked...

Follow-up with my primary physician and blood tests came back much better for A1C (6.2) and cholesterol (way lower triglycerides), and the additional tests requested by the urologist (testosterone, sex hormone, antigens, etc.) all came back normal. An EKG also showed totally normal. Which really...

I've had 4 doctors now tell me I am nuts for not jumping on the metformin bandwagon because all they hear is the last A1C I had (9.8%) which happened to be when I was clueless I had diabetes. Yes, I know that is extreme, but in 3 months so far my tester/app is telling me that my diet change and...

Ojustaboo, wow that is a long list of meds. Is there any way to manage health problems with fewer meds? It may be a complication with all of that and I would personally prefer to be on the least medications possible to rule out those things as issues.

I had my urology visit today, no abnormalities but he did find inflammation right at the point of discomfort I was having on my left side, noted it as epididymitis, so I may have been correct that I must have hurt myself while working on the house earlier last year and this lead to some kind of...

Thanks mm, to work off and compare your experience, I think the "seems smaller" is either just psychological (I think the same way) or that a lack of libido might just make down there less active passively. On comparsison to your number 2) I am a little the opposite - I look younger than I am...

Wow so few replies on this. T2 makes men 2 or 3 times more likely to experience ED than non-diabetics and at lest 1/3 of diabetics will experience it at some point, but nobody else seems interested to share experiences here?

I was diagnosed in October (just under 3 months ago). HBA1C tested a week later, was 9.8% (American numbers, whatever that translates to in the UK). Went to an endocrinologist a week after that then had additional blood tests to rule out MODY, LADA, etc and all tests came back normal (and my...

It's like someone with nut allergies referring to themselves as being in remission just because they are not eating nuts. The bottom line is that there is no remission unless the body is shown to actually have become insulin-sensitive again without the aid of drugs. If anyone with T2 gets...

Almonds have carbs and coffee has caffeine. Caffeine raises cortisol levels which spikes blood sugar. However, I think coffee is fine once you have your sugar levels in order (under 120 mg/DL average) since coffee doesn't ADD new sugar in your body but does make your body use up it's stores of...

Good news. glad to hear it. I also went for an eye checkup last week to make sure I get a retinopathy test and the other vein test to compare to last visit and all came back good. A minor change in prescription but no T2-related issues.

I am treating my T2 with diet alone and it is working, I am positive my next A1C will show me as non-diabetic or borderline pre-diabetic. So I would prefer no meds and want to keep it that way. However, as I have felt the impact of age the past 2 years (I am in late 40's), I noticed the usual...

I would suggest a few things: What is "low carb" bread? Just cut bread out entirely. I did it. It's not easy, especially if you're used to being a sandwich eater, but it's possible. One thing I started to do is get butter lettuce and make sandwiches with that. Beans are good and have fiber...

I have never been a fan of alcohol (any kind) but would drink socially. In a way, getting T2 has a positive spin for me: I have a reason to not drink and now I don't fee any pressure to drink even socially. If anyone tries to encourage me I just tell them I can't have carbs for health reasons...

Wow. I'm starting to not be surprised, though. Here in the US most doctors (who aren't surgeons or ultra-specialized or researchers) who have an office practice where the nurses or assistants do most of the work have a drug-pushing methodology. Partly it's because they get kickbacks from...

Yes, I meant to actually say increasing sensitivity, decreasing resistance.

Yes. I know it's not likely accurate but close enough for me to see my progress. It adds to the challenge which keeps me motivated. The sounds don't bother me - except when I'm testing at work and forget, I think co-workers think I'm playing a game on my phone. You can export in the free...