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Hi all It has been quite some time since I have been on the site as I have been getting my head down and getting on with it plus changing jobs etc After 12.5 years age 56.5 I am still on metformin 500mg x 4 daily and of course statins and have been trying to avoid the next drug. I have had...

Dear all I am a type two nearly eight and a half years into the condition currently aged 54. I do not fit the stereo type that the media likes to put out as I have never been overweight and my life style has been pretty healthy so with that and there being no known history of diabetes in the...

Hi There I was diagnosed as a type two some 6 years ago now and since then my BG have gradually increased by 0.1 - 0.2 to my last reading which was 6.9. The only exception to this was when they spiked to 7.5 once but then after changing my job to a far less stressful one they dropped to 6.8. I...

Hi all I am a type two and I am 6ft and 82 kilos and quite fit I have never really been over weight last Hba1c 6.9 after 5 years currently taking 4 metformin a day. I am thinking of upping my exercise and have seen a lot re having the right diet and also re taking supplements (shakes and the...

Hello I am seeking some advice as my levels have jumped from 6.8 to 7.5 in the last six months and were as I recognise that the condition is progressive I usually only vary by 0.2. Everything else blood pressure BMI feet cholesterol etc are very good. I am trying to account for the jump and...

I am type two diagnosed for a year now on 2 x metformin, exercise and diet last Hba1c 6.4 down from 7.1. My dilema is that things have changed recently e.g working hours and I can only exercise in the evenings around 7.30 pm, previously I was exercising in the day. When I go to bed at night I...

Hi I was in a jacuzzi the other day = lucky me but noticed a sign that said diabetics shouldtake advice before using. I am fairley new to this, does anyone have any info about why this should be? plus if it is the heat how does this apply to going on holiday to hot countries using saunas etc...

Dear all At 46, not being overweight and with a fairly healthy lifestyle but high cholesterol I was diagnosed with type two. Six months on and having been put on two x 500 metformin a day my Hba1c is now 7.1% (dropped from 7.3...wow!) this is despite my having greatly altered my diet...

This may seem trivial but does any one know whether alcohol free beers are ok? I am newly diagnosed and am on a low dosage of metformin this is despite some radical changes to life style including reduction in alcohol. I have come across a no alcohol lager called Bavaria, which contains mineral...

Hi I strongly susupect that I am going to have to give up alcohol completely as it seems to raise my BG, due to that I am looking for ideas for refreshing low/no sugar drinks that I can enjoy. Currently I am drinking soda and lime (fresh) but will tire of that eventually any ideas? Thanks...

Hi A friend of mine has suggested taking bitter melon, which looks like a warty cucumber and lives up to it's name, apparently it has been used in South East Asia and China for some time to treat diabetes. I have researched it and noted that it shouldn't be used alongside other medications...

I have just been diagnosed with type two diabetes (to be diet controlled for the first three months) and am determined to get to grips with it, to that end can anyone reccomend books relating to: Different GI's of food stuffs (so that I have a better idea of what to buy when out shopping)...