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Hello, I was diagnosed three years and for a year I was the ‘poster child for low carb’ - anyway last year I fell off the wagon - wife diagnosed with serious illness etc so no doubt lost in a bit of depression. I tested my bloods last week and they were 17.3 - my skin has been itchy, the thirst...

hi, I've been following low carb for four months and happy that my results are usually within NICE recommendations- however today I has cauliflower rice and curry - low carb and bloods went up to 14.3. I've had three pears today are they to blame? I've already given up on apples which had a...

hello all, I've been pleased that I've had close to normal blood levels since going low carb. However I did my first morning bloods today and it was 7.6 - more than I expected. As I've not eaten should T2 worry about morning readings and should I worry about these morning levels - or am I...

Hello Diagnosed two and a half months ago and low carving ever since. Lost a stone and a half and signed up to blood testing offered by DUK. Took my first bloods tonight and really thrilled that two hours after dinner my reading was 7,9 - nearly in the non diabetic range (7.8 ). When...

hi - I was diagnosed a type 2 diabetic at the end of last December. Today I had my first meeting with the dietician. I explained I was following a very low carb diet and as little sugar as possible. His advice was to increase my carbs, eat whole meal bread and pasta eat some potatoes - basically...

Hello - I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes two weeks ago - been reading a bit since then - all somewhat scary! My first numbers were 17 given by a chemist - I then read a bit and cut the carbs and my last reading was 11. Frankly this does not mean a lot to me and the nurse said they were after...