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Fasting level this morning was 7.6. Not too good but still recovering from Easter. Read Reverse your Diabetes and it gave me encouragement. Diagnosed in 2004. Never any medication. Average level over the years 7.4. Told by my medic daughter that I won't die of diabetes at my age (80) and not...

LCHF should not mean low protean. My breakfast this morning was 2eggs, 3 pieces of bacon, 1 small thin round of seeded pure rye bread followed by a bowl of double cream plain yogurt with more cream added. All high quality products from market, German butchery and bakery, and Woolworths...

Dont eat sugar unless unavoidable. Large potatoes never. Rice rarely. Pasta occasionally. Bread - Pure rye bread with added seeds from the local German bakery. Not too much. Just for breakfast with egg and bacon or a tomato mixture. Cook with butter and extra virgin olive oil. Any meat or...

Comments about side effects concerned me. Also my local GP and the family doctor said beware of any reactions. Decided I would carry on with diet alone. A 70 day average of 7.4 not too bad but may get a HbA1c when my vertigo problem solved. HbA1C a bit expensive here and my GP may decide my...

Most interesting. I am T2 and managing on diet only. Am now age 79. Diagnosed by a family member about 14 years ago and given a standard high "good" carb low fat diet. On returning to South Africa purchased a meter and strips. Investigated on the internet and found that such a diet was...

I can't understand how porridge can be recommended. If I consumed it my GI would go through the roof next morning. I do miss eating porridge - not the oat version but the maize type ( mealie pap) but I don't. Manage on low GI but have no weight problems. Avoid carbs but sometimes succumb...

Fortunately I don't live in Britain and my local GP agrees with my not so stringent LCHF diet. 10 years when on holiday in the UK in July (our Winter your Summer) our GP daughter discovered my T2 diabetes. Great !! She said I should I should not have medication but try diet. The diet was...

Now use a Bayer Contour Plus meter. Cost of 50 strips from a pharmacy is R172. equivalent is about 9 pounds. Changed from Accu-Chek Active a while ago. The Bayer needs a lot less blood. Made comparisons but found no consistent difference. Only problem is that in cold weather I need to warm the...

Great!! Keep up the good work. Went to an optician today. Eyes OK. Tightened up my diet a little. Lost a little weight to 69Kg and have a morning blood glucose level of 6.0. Never on medications and get my own strips so perhaps not an official diabetic but know that a couple of hot X buns...

Been unresponsive lately. Wife fell damaging face and ribs. Face nearly OK and ribs a lot better. We are also stay at home at the moment. Easter for us definitely at home. Too much traffic on the roads. May think of Dullstroom area soon. Lots of tomatoes in the garden. Self set from the...

Have lived iin RSA since 1966. Previously in Belfast via Isle of Wight via Worcestershire. Children born here. Now one still nearby and one in Wales. Occasional visits to Wales KLM to Amsterdam then Citi Hopper to Cardiff. RSA still great except for an odd government and a VERY low value to...

I,m fortunate. Low weight at diagnosis T2. Still low weight. Never been to hospital. Never on medication so hypo not possible. Try to keep to a low carbo diet and eat a lot of fat with moderate protein. Favorite veg/berry is tomato. Eat lots - self sets from garden, heritage from garden and...

Pleased to meet you. Did you meet Prof. Noakes in Cape Town? I guess you went to UCT. Where our children studied. I am o the high veldt. Tomatoes are in general low gi and are not ever really sweet. Bye for now, a braai awaits.

Find it is difficult to totally omit carbs as it is not only the starchy ones to watch. Today made a cold avocado soup. Had excess of avos. Did not think that avos would have a gi of any significance. Only 18 but I had two small soup bowls. The same happened with butternut hot soup. Had too...

Must not lose weight. Plenty of butter and olive oil, modest amount of protein - chicken, lamb chops, fish, steak tartare. Carbs. vegs especially tomatoes and how can one have a curry without a smidgen of basmati rice. The garden supplies tomatoes (baby and heritage), herbs, lemons, limes...

In RSA mmol/mol is the only unit in use, both for HBA1C report and on home meters. All my quoted values will be in mmol/mol. I do break the rules a little and sometimes more then a little. My wife is the same age as me and normally very fit and not diabetic. The recent very hot and humid...

I will find out the cost of HbA1c in South Africa. As stated earlier my age is 79 and have been advised that the anesthetic for a back op could be fatal. So, will carry on with my morning anti inflammatory and pain pills. Usually alright after about half hour. Must have them now as it s just...

Found my last HBA1c was in June 2012. Value 57 mmol/mol. Just within the diabetic target. My weight is fine. BMI is 22. Losing too much weight could be dangerous. Don't want to have a HBA1C as it would impact on our medical aid fund saving account. Our South Africa Doctor has got me to take...

Have had diabetes for 11 years. Controlled by diet alone. No medication. Never been overweight. Possible cause was septicemia which put me into hospital for a week. Do not go to a clinic and am no medical lists as a diabetic. Lived in South Africa since 1966. Diagnosis made 11 years ago in...