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You mentioned have a genetic history which does point to a diabetic risk and you have had a the fasting glucose test and you have some symptoms . I noticed you stated that you are being treated for anemia . On this site there is some research that anemia which can cause unreliability...

Well done, hopefully your doctor who will quote your success story and spread the word that there something that people can do if they get a T2 diagnosis so feel more in control

You would probably have been better drinking the wine and cutting out the beer , particularly if wine if dry white or red which are both of which are lower carb than beer. Many spirits are low or nil carb , but of course high in alcohol and mixers will increase the carb intake . I also...

As it has been said we are all different I would not say I am high fat but I do not worry about fat and eat butter, cream and cheese but not do not drink milk as do not like it. I am not very fond of fatty meat but like crackling and really like to olives and nuts but too many nuts...

I think that the aloe vera assisted as the gut ( flora? ) started working better healing the ulcers and as a result that reduced the blood sugar . I not sure it would help anyone who did not have my condition, as aloe vera only helps some people with ulcerative colitis . I would not...

As regards 10 being normal I think it was referring to insulin levels Kiki started at 30 and if he was at 30 and it had been blood sugar he would have been diagnosed as diabetic . The nearest I could find on the about normal insulin levels was from medscape Table 1. Reference Range of...

Interesting . I have recently posted a thread on this forum under ask a question about gut flora and insulin resistance which was generated because I had watched a BBC programme on Monday night A doctor in the house where a young lad's lack of diversity of gut flora was said to be...

The doctor in the house program on Monday night (BBC1) was very interesting as there was a young lad 10 years old ( who was overweight despite having a reasonable diet and being very active ) who had insulin resistance ( proved by blood results) which was diagnosed to be to due to to his...

If your blood sugars (bs) are going in the right direction then try to relax about the weight as it may well take some time. Try not to weigh every day ( go for every week if you can or maybe twice a week ) - also check if you are eating too much protein - aim for 0.8 per kilo of the...

I too find I must not have anything in the evening otherwise bit higher in the morning so just was looking to vary my afternoon snack .. I now only have one main meal in around midday but get serious case of the munchies at about 4 pm even after drinking water.. I will try colder water see if...

There is a school of thought that sugar substitutes can produce a rogue spike and then the body realises that it had not glucose and reverts quickly to normal not sure if there is a lot of research on this or just an apocryphal story . As others said could be a rogue test. Maybe if your friend...

Well done on your HbA1c and enjoy your holiday. I think you are right that your doctor may be looking at reports which may not be relevant to you. There is an article in medivizor in 2014 which summarises a study undertaken by Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice report called...

I have been trying out some low carb snacks from Marks they are quite expensive ( 3 for £7) but thought I would try to get a variety rather than my normal olives, cheese, nuts and pork crackling. The ones I have tried are salami crisps( very nice) carbs 5 per 100 gm but I find I can...

Scrambled eggs cooked in butter takes a couple minute certainly quicker than my toaster . Washing up can be a faff however if you put in butter and let it melt it will make saucepan easier to clean, Can also buy pre cooked bacon and crumble a bit in - do not need a lot .

I know it is annoying when others find it easy to lose . My weight stuck for a while and then lost 7lbs in a week after staying the same for 6 weeks but at the same time my blood sugars were going down so I tried to stay positive.You might need to look at your protein and cut that a bit I...

Thank you all for the information which is very helpful because I am very allergic to fish & shellfish and thus hate fishy smells so I think if there is a risk that it smells fishy I will give the products a miss. Think I will stay with cauliflower

I happened to be going past Holland and Barrett which had a large advert for Eat water slim rice, pasta etc The advert in the window states no carbs in the rice or pasta so went in a looked at the packets .. the rice one( based on konjac flour) actually had about carbs 8.4 ( the packet was...

It is all a bit of trial and error a once you work out what spikes you will be able to try and avoid as you will find everyone is different as regards how they react to food. As regards weighing things I find a rule of thumb works for me ( and avoids me getting out the scales) is no...

As other have said olives are a good alternative. I note that nuts are out , Marks do very nice ( but expensive ) cracking crisps but only one or two can be very satisfying so make a packet last a few days . I find that if I keep the dark chocolate in the fridge it is even nicer and if you...

I am no expert but 6.5 does not look abnormal for a non diabetic having eaten highish carb grains particularly if you had say eaten it in the hour before blood being taken. So it all may come down to timing of eating the food. So what you have been told looks a bit odd as normal is...