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Hi all – I’ve recently started dating a 52-year-old woman who’s had Type 1 for about 30 years, so I’m trying to learn as much as I can about it. I do have some general medical knowledge. Having known others who haven't controlled their blood sugar well, and have suffered as a result, what I’m...

Hello all – I have borderline Type 2, and find that I can make symptoms go away, lose weight etc by adopting a low-carbohydrate diet, a bit like Atkins but with more fruit and vegetables. However, my 14-year-old nephew has just been diagnosed with Type 1, and it seems that he spends his time...

I've just had Fasting and Glucose Tolerance tests, and the results are strange – I got a printout (along with sheaves of others telling me my liver’s now paying the price for decades of immoderate drinking etc), but it seems to be self-contradictory. I had one blood sample taken at 9 in the...

Hi all, thanks for being here... I’m new to this. I've searched through the posts, and it seems that sugar is absorbed rather less slowly if there’s some fat in the dish. My personal belief, based on decades of study, is that fat is not the villain it’s painted, but I don’t know much about...