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Trying intermittent fasting (16:8) today for the first time incorporated with keto. I work nightshift so I last ate at 2am and won’t eat til 6pm. It’s actually been not too bad. I’ll be interested to see though if it really does help to keep my sugars low. Felt a bit peckish around 430 (when I...

So I went for an interim check up following me starting the Newcastle diet (using slim and save) and I'm delighted that my hba1c has reduced from 10(86) to 7.2 (55) in just 7 weeks so not even the full 120 days for a usual hba1c reading. It has been agreed I can now come off glyclazide and I'll...

Hi So I finally got my head in gear and have been doing the Newcastle diet using slim and save packs along with veg and some protein. My bg results at night and in the morning are now 5. I'm delighted. However I'm due to go and see my nurse tomorrow for my review. I can see my hba1c results...

So because I'm on gliclazide, I realised I had to get checked out by my nurse first. I was on 2 a day (plus metformin) but because my hba1c is now 7.8, (down from 11.5 in November) I've to take only 1. We had a good chat and I told her I was going to the diet. She is pleased with my enthusiasm...

Hi All I started doing the Newcastle diet with tesco's ultraslim (cheap and I will be trying different shakes later). I'm doing 3 a day but do you think adding 50gr and a little veg would be ok? Which veg do people use? TIA

Hi All, I've spent a good few hours on here looking at (variations of) the Newcastle diet. I actually did the cambridge diet a few years ago with great success. It was tough but it worked. I only put weight back on when going through my marriage break-up and so went back to my old eating...