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Everyone tends to be different to their response to change in diet . My experience is that going onto a lowish carb ( no or very reduced potatoes/rice /pasta/wheat/ gains wholemeal or not, fruit restricted to berries and vegetables being above ground ).. not really high fat ( so olives /...

Although expensive M&S have two pork snacks which the packets state are 0.1 carbs - crackling crisps contains just pork rind and salt and snacking crackling contains pork rind, salt and olive oil no rusk or MSG in either and I find a bit easier on the teeth than other pork rind snacks...

When I had particularly itchy skin I tried piriton might be worth a try

The meter can be a tricky I managed to put the strips in the wrong way round - read the instructions again and realized what I was doing wrong If you have difficulty drawing blood consider putting your hand in hot water before you test - need to dry them ( otherwise blood just spread rather...

How much protein are you eating ? If too much can slow diet loss . My understanding is that you should aim at 0.8gm per Kg of the weight that you want to reduce to . I was stuck at same weight from 6 weeks and then lost 7lbs in the 7th week so does LCHF can take some time. I felt the...

You have done really well to lose the weight you have . I believe that orilstat is medicine which blocks fat uptake so I have no idea how it would interact with a low carb high fat diet - likely to have some very unpleasant outcome. You should speak to your health professional about just...

Are you trying to lose weight or maintain lower BS or both? We all react differently to various diets so you really need a meter to see what pushes up your blood sugar and what gives you the best outcome so what I state below might not suit your needs. To lose weight I needed be careful...

Thanks just been to Boots and got some supplies I like my accu chec ( not a cassette one ) even though strips are expensive but with discount of 40% plus if you have a boots card currently another 4 points for every £ spent so effectively another 4% off which makes the cost not too bad.

Hi Do go to Citizen's advice as it is a complex area . You are not being penalized for working part time ( assuming you were working each week ) unless your income was below the class 1 limit is which case you were not paying any NI contributions. I know it seems unfair if you have been...

5.2 this morning ( 6 last night ) .I had been to a leaving do last night and had some ( quite a lot)of red wine !

You have done really well up to now -- do not be too concerned about stalling does happen with some people (I stalled for 6 weeks and then suddenly lost 7lbs in one week) so as long as your blood are OK try not to worry. Hope your life gets a bit better soon All the best

Obviously depends on meds ( I understand that metformin needs to be taken with food) and if you need to take any meds with food then intermittent fasting would be more difficult. I take no meds so not an issue so I can quite happily eat 16 :8 16 fasting and 8 can have food say a couple of...

There are quite a lot threads about cider vinegar, It is very nasty if you have it neat so add water when taking it and clean teeth afterwards as no good for teeth.. The various literature is not clear cut if it works or not as is anecdotal comments - see previous thread called apple cider...

I know when started low carb I was somewhat over enthusiastic with the protein and had too low fat so did not work too well . If cutting down a bit on protein does not work then looking at the hours you eat may be a thought .What helped me was not eating after 5 pm and having a 16:8...

Thanks . I wanted to know if anyone else had the same issue as I had that changing nothing apart from getting UC under control had a dramatic reduction in BS , Seems no one has had that experience. I am not ignoring the possible diabetes issues but as my meter results indicate that my...

Glad you are feeling more positive You have done really well to have lost 70lbs so hold in onto that . I think most people fall off the wagon so do not beat yourself about that -- you have proved you can do it . I have kept one of my old large coats when I feel down I put it on and...

Unfortunately no one sells will power .. if they did they would be very wealthy.! Are you eating a low carb diet? If so you might need to increase the fat content so you feel more satisfied so for example 5 olives might stop you grazing ( or my favourite real pork scrathings which I think...

I find a couple of heaped teaspoons in water help as an alternative to bran and much more pleasant. However I have not noticed any particular impact on blood sugars for me.

I am just so pleased as I found a little cafe which did pancakes today, so I had a cheese and mushroom omelette and then two thin pancakes (just lemon and no sugar) and they were so good and reminded me of my late mother's pancakes. I did 2 mile walk afterwards and my post meal bloods were 5.3 ...

As your symptoms came on reasonably quickly and your HbA1c was 5.8% in May last year when you would have appear not to have been diabetic or even pre diabetic at that time.( See what is HbA1c on this site which has a nice diagram). You have not mentioned if you have lost weight...