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Husband recently went back to low carb after slipping a bit the last few months. Now his morning BG is in the 9s - unheard of! Any idea what might cause this?

I like a cup of tea. I never drink juice or water, just tea and the odd coffee. I need to cut carbs drastically and the milk in my tea is stopping that. Is there any milk apart from soya ( which actually makes me sick) that is lower carbs than fresh cow's milk?

Husband been type 2 for years, now he's 79 and still diet-controlled no meds. I'm not well now either with quite severe ME, heart probs & bad arthritis. We're rarely hungry, and can happily live on one meal a day. The problem is the tiredness is on bad days I would rather have a pkt of crisps or...

Everything is a minefield isn't it? Trying to keep the husband going with salads and I find on Sainsburys that salad dressings are full of carbs and sugar. What do you all use? Because we can't stomach nekkid lettuce!

Does anybody still follow this diet? Husband had huge success when first diagnosed and on this, I keep thinking to go back to it now. But that was nearly 18 years ago - although I suppose it wouldn't be that different as it very low carb. What are your thoughts on it?

Looking for the best VLC cuppa soups - anybody got suggestions? Bearing in mind I know home made from scratch is better and I have done that for many years, but just now I've not got the energy to cook at all.

Husband been diagnosed 16 years or so, still diet controlled - no meds. No changes to diet etc recently. Odd symptoms -but we can't get him seen by a gp as our practice is seeing only emergencies due to staff shortages. I just wondered if I describe what's going on, and if any of you can relate...

Would you say Bernstein is keto? and Any idea if Bernstein would work for me as well as hubby - I'm not diabetic but am on life long steroids and they are putting my weight up. Any input welcome :)

Where can I find a quick and easy list of total carbs/protein/sugars in common foods?

I like making soup but we need now to go VLC. Could you suggest very low carb soup recipes/ideas for me please - what's good and what's definitely not ?

What do you all think of this diet for type 2s? I like his book and respect him for what he did to get the medical profession to listen to him, and just wanted to know what others feel about it all? It works for my hubby, but just sometimes I wonder if there is too much fat. Husband has had...

Husband asking if anybody has found LC biscuits or crackers etc, that don't raise BG by a lot. Any suggestions?

Husband has done well to get his daily BG readings down to 6-7. This is 3 or 4 readings a day. He's asking what sort of HbA1c that should give him, if anybody knows?

We're off eating altogether lately as our meals are getting so boring. I'm not a good cook at all, my mum lived on coffee and fags so I never learned and also I have quite bad ME and get very easily tired. So I tend to stick to easy-to-cook meals with no faffing about. I need to find out how...

Husband type 2, aged 77, been diagnosed since 2008, never been on meds, always diet controlled. Let things slide this year but now back on track and getting his numbers down. Both of us doing Bernstein (cos its easier than cooking separate meals), - started on it around the middle of August...

Husband diagnosed 2008 and still diet-controlled. Had a bypass a couple of years ago. He wants to keep his BG lower because the practice nurse told him high BG readings will affect his heart. They are pushing him to start Metformin but he doesn't want to. His current readings now are around 7.0...

Husband been doing ok, has got his readings down from 10-12 to high 7s. But today he had an 8.8 . He had supper of 4 small slices of LC bread with cheese then 5 cherries + some blueberries (frozen fruit) in double cream.

IS it possible carb-wise to have a slice or two of black pud with bacon & eggs?

Husband has been back on LC for 5 days and is starting to moan that he's always hungry. Any ideas on LC filler-uppers ?

Why would hubby's BG start climbing around 5pm and keep on climbing? He had 2 boiled eggs and a cup of tea and the reading one hour was 7.4, after two hours was 8.2. Now at bedtime without anything else to eat, he's testing at 8.7. Type 2 doing low carb, no meds. (Reason he's testing so often...