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I'm confused, Patch - why is this man a complete coward? bunty

I have a really severe case of Oral Allergy Syndrome, which is related to hay fever and causes ever-increasing reactions to various foods - i came very close to dying 18 months ago and was last in Recuss about two months ago (but with a much milder rection that time). It means that i'm allergic...

Coconut flour claims to have fewer net carbs, so i'm going to experiment. Most of the low-carb alternatives are laced with soya, which my body reacts to with as much hysterics as it does to nuts. So, anything is worth a try! I've been really sort of depressed for ages with my food...

Oo, thank you, that recipe looks great. I'll give it a go, minus the onions cos i hate onions and enjoy a fresh new dish. My coconut flour has arrived and soon as i have time i'm going to make some blueberry muffins for breakfast - lots of new flavours! bunty

I eat Muller Light yoghurts and sometimes, a plain 0% fat Greek yoghurt with blueberries added to it. Loads of yoghurts have soya in there (sometimes disguised as something else but they cant fool me these days!) so i have to avoid those. Has anyone made their own yoghurt? That'd be...

One's choice of diet and personal b.g goal is specific to each indivdual but i have found this site particularly useful as it offers alternative suggestions for control. On diagnosis i was told to ditch all white carbs in favour of whole brown carbs and to limit those and, more, to always eat...

They're out of stock! Grrr! It's just my luck, isnt it - moan, whine, whimper! But i've added my email addy to their database and they're let me know when it's back in stock and until then i shall have to practice patience. However, i did order some of their coconut flour, which claims to be...

Hi Jude, my opinion is that we each experiment, test and review and settle on a regime that we can live with. For me, that means reduced carbs but i eat carbs with every meal. I keep an eye on my levels and i dont beat myself up if i stray but on the other hand, i dont allow myself to become...

Oh, thank you, everyone for those helpful replies! The 'made in a factory with soya...' isnt a problem to me at the moment so i'll chance it and buy a bag o'carbalose and give it a try. Pizza would be lovely to make now and then - even without the diabetes, i cant eat at Pizza Hut, for...

Chocfish, thank you for that and i will send off for some and experiment. It'd be great if i could make a quiche or something for a nice change - the bought ones are in any case usually off-limits to me due to my food allergies. i sometimes think all processed food in this country is made in a...

I didnt want to ask this elsewhere here lest i attract a series of scathing comments about eating carbs... but anyway i was looking at the online site lowcarbmegastore and saw a new product called Carbalose glour which they claim is 80% fewer carbs than ordinary wheat flour. It claims not to...

I live in north-east Hampshire and there's nothing remotely hippy or vegan or veggie round here. I cant buy anything from that chain of shops that sells nuts and seeds and dried fruits and sweeties in bags - i forget who they're called - 'cos everything they sell is contaminated. I love...

I cant buy any prepared curry sauces or pastes because they're all, without exception, contaminated by nuts or seeds. I used to love curries and it's been getting me down, all this deprivation etc etc so i spent what seemed like several hours in Tescos and came home with a tin of Madras curry...

I bought a bottle of red martini stuff - i think it's called Vermouth - and a bottle of sugar-free lemonade. This week after dinner i have a long cold drink made with maybe an inch/two inches of the red vermouth and topped with the lemonade and it's scrummy. I havent tested my bg on it yet...

From experience (not with piggy flu), a spell at home is really very good if you have a healthy (lol) interest in car insurance, debt agencies and house buying. I had flu at 14 and as i remember, it was all i could do to blink without causing my head to feel it would explode, so the accounts of...

It's too easy, in my opinion, to read that report and draw the conclusion that taking the antihistamine is the solution to Type 2. I have a life-threatening allergy syndrome which has been diagnosed and monitored for the past four years. I regularly take an antihistamine daily (but not every...

And i'm a NAY to joining the two forums - it'll be curtains for anyone not low-carbing who hopes to feel included and not alienated. bunty

I dont feel brainwashed by the vociferous low-carb lobby group on this site. I used to feel depressed and pressured by them until i took stock and decided to grow up and simply ignore most of them. That meant i avoided the site but then the Admin opened this forum and i felt able to return to...

A friend of mine who had Type 2 was diagnosed with a cancer and had half her stomach removed. The diabetes symptons disappeared and she is effectively 'cured' of that disease and can now eat anything she likes and her b.g remains stable. Mind you, whether she can hang on to what she eats is a...

4.3 seems to be my trigger point and i will begin to feel a bit vague and shakey. Below that and i am hopeless, with slightly slurred speech, inability to make a decision and for some strange reason, reluctant to eat or drink! But it's such an individual thing and what feels low, is low. The...