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    Decision to abandon LCHF just for Christmas

    Hi everyone, I’ve been t2 for a year and a half and my last a1c was 5.1. I follow a low carb diet and have lost 13 stones so far with 6 more to go. I keep low carb every day and last Christmas I was too scared to eat so I had cheesy sprout for Christmas dinner. I’ve come to the realisation...
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    Amazon low carb tortillas - are they ok?

    Hi everyone! I've been having a snoop about Amazon looking at the low carb stuff and saw the low carb Tortillas. Does anyone else use them? What are they like? Does anyone use anything else low carb off of amazon? Also, does anyone shop anywhere else online for low carb stuff like specific low...
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    LCHF bad for cholesterol/heart disease?

    Hi there everyone, I've been looking into different diets for diabetes as I don't feel like LCHF is good for the body. It just doesn't equate to health, to me. I can't see how all that fat and salt can help the body overall and even though it might lower blood glucose and keep diabetes in...
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    Is Veganism Better Than Lchf?

    Hi everyone, I recently saw a post on DiabetesDaily on Facebook saying that Dr. Neil Barnard says that T2s should be vegans, not on LCHF. I was just getting used to LCHF, so I'm pee'd off about this. Why isn't there straightforward properly tested information? Why are we always being made to...
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    My First Bg Reading... Advice Please?

    Hello everyone! So, I was diagnosed with Type 2 about 5 weeks ago with a reading of 91 at 31 years old. I weighed 31 stones at the time. I went straight on an LCHF diet, started exercising. I'm now 28.8, go walking, exercise most days, drink only water, not deviated from diet. Yes, I miss my old...
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    Newly diagnosed and freaking out :(

    Hello everyone, I was diagnosed Type 2 diabetic a month ago. I'm 31. It's only just become real the past two weeks and I can't stop crying and having panic attacks (already a very anxious person and am also withdrawing from Citalopram so that might be the reason I'm so highly strung about...