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I am no expert but what we are doing is a lower carb, higher fat diet rather than absolute low carb and high fat. So our shopping each week consists more of less of the same things (we shop in Aldi and Lidl with the odd bit in sainsburys) bag of beef mince or lamb mince frozen spinach, frozen...

Crikey that all sounds very technical. I wonder if my OH could get a test to see what degree of functioning he has? As I learn more about diabetes over the years, I think he must be very lucky. He was bought up without eating regularly, never had breakfast and usually ate one meal a day which...

Thanks, yes he is booking a blood test this week and then following that up with an appointment. I dont think she will see him until he does his bloods again.

When he felt shaky, he tests his bloods and they tend to be either dead on 4 or just below, like the 3.9 I mentioned above. I thought it would need to be lower than this to be a 'proper' hypo but I dont know. However, I suppose the original query was just this long term general...

He doesnt do random testing, he tested when he felt ill to see whether he was having a real hypo. He tests before and after meals. He has just got in so tested pre dinner, its 4.5 but about an hour ago he told me he had some dried fruits which are full of sugar. He ate these on the train because...

Sort of, although as I say, I give in now and then and buy a pastie or pizza. I have a real problem with carbs, they dont just make me crave more carbs, they make me crave more food overall. I started doing 'lower carb' (because we're not doing a low carb diet) around a year ago and found it...

Oh yes, he does know, he would cut down if he keeps staying static although as I say, I dont think he should lose anymore.

Yes, I prefer foodfocus, as you put in your own foods from the label and put these in your favourites. He doesnt use it for himself though. For me personally unfortunately, my body fat is so high its immeasurable, or unmeasurable (not sure of correct phrase). I used to go to the weight loss...

Yes, I use this for myself and have introduced him to this but he doesnt keep track. I also use foodfocus, which I find easier and he was sort of trying to use that but gave up quite quickly. I agree, I think we need to look at whether he is eating enough fat and protein especially as I found...

This is a bit depressing, do you think that these statistics are mainly because we as a society are very bad at controlling our diabetes? Im wondering what the stats would be if the studies were ONLY of people who took control of their illness and got their BS levels down,, would the illness...

Thanks you too. To be honest, before I started learning more about diabetes, I too would have thought that you just take the drugs and be 'sensible' and it should be ok, obviously so did my partner. But to live with constantly high levels does so much damage that I didnt realise many years ago...

Thank you, yes I think if he starts getting much higher results, say over 5, then we need to re look at diet again, which is fine. I know the tiredness could be caused by a variety of things but it literally came on a couple of weeks into the new lifestyle and its been 4 months now so surely...

No, but it has to be sustainable for both of us, cutting out those basic groups is easy for us, it wouldnt be easy for us to 'low' carb, we just wouldnt stick to it. In any case, the objective was to lose weight and cut the BS levels so we are happy with that. Obviously its always on review as...

Thanks, yes the levels have definitely gone down since this okra stuff, although he has been complaining that since the new lifestyle he has felt tired and lethargic (although not unwell). I just thought that he would have loads of energy, having lost weight and levels at normal. Yes, he's...

Oh yes I know but what I meant was the amount he is eating now which is a lower density is far removed from what he was eating before and this seems to have worked its magic on the levels. He would for example, have nearly a whole loaf of walnut or olive bread with a tub of taramasalata BEFORE...

Yes we had to practice with the porridge. We tried quinoa and bulgar wheat porridge but not only did he not like them, they werent that different for the BS levels anyway. So he eats a quarter of a cup of raw porridge cooked in normal milk. We were also using goats milk for the less carbs but it...

Its funny you say this, because my theory is that surely after 10 years of having results around the 9-12 mark, a 'normal' level of 4-5 may make him feel unwell do you think? He wont have it and says he's ill! I dont know the exact ins and outs of amounts but he is on metformin, glicazide...

We're not going to cut the carbs anymore than he has, he has to have a breakfast (after years of refusing to eat breakfast), and he wont eat eggs and cant stomach anything else so porridge it is. We have pineapple maybe once a week or once a fortnight so he doesnt have a huge amount,if there is...

Thanks for replying. Yes I hope he is eating enough fat because that is what we have been doing, replacing the carbs with veg, protein and fat. He eats nuts constantly and I mean constantly, we are spending a fortune on them and they are full of fat. As an example today,, he ate a double...

Hello, OP, I have just joined the forum and wished I had joined earlier really. I have posted a thread about my OH who finally has taken control of his diabetes, but I must say, I felt like I was reading about myself and my OH reading your thread. He was diagnosed 10 years ago and really didnt...