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Hi All, Is it normal for my morning BG is increase from 4.6-5.0 to 7.0 from the previous bedtime figure of 5.2 on this strategy. The morning reading is no food from 6pm the previous night to 1pm. My food window is 1pm-6pm and only water outside this period. I'm trying to lower my BG not...

Why doesn't the UK include total carbs on the current traffic light system on the front of most food labelling. This would make shopping a lot more informative and less time consuming to have to pick up every product and then spending time reading the rear label. I would think if sufficient...

My doctor says this drug causes weight loss and I my case he doesn't want me to lose anymore weight so wants to reduce dose. Is he correct!!! Is this a slimming drug in disguise??

Great results today from the 05/12/16 and HbA1c 39mmol/L - Should I be asking to lower my medication to 1 x 500mg Metformin per day from existing 1 x 500mg x 2 per day. I originally pushed the doctor to prescribed the drug as he wanted to wait 12 months to see what any life style changes and...

This is my first day of testing at home, still got to test before bed. I'm surprised by the range is this normal? 5.7 at 14:12 pre meal 5.5 at 15:12 post meal 6.0 at 18:00 after gym session and pre meal 9.1 at 21:08 post meal 176g of total carbs and this has been the same for the last few...

Any advice on recommended best and most accurate meters for self monitoring Cholesterol at home to monitor all lipo's - TC, LDL, HDL, trigs, NonHDLc, TC/HDL etc. or would it be better to leave to be tested by doctor as regular T2 checkups. Normally every 3 months, but doctor already trying to...

I'm new to this forum and this is my first post!! Any advice how I can force local specialist diabetic doctor to give me prescription for test strips and monitor as currently refusing despite my repeated objections. Next appointment on 5 December and would like to be armed with a water tight...