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Just a small update in case anyone else is in a similar position. I had a call with a Diabetes nurse and as expected she wanted me to try Metformin as a first step. To my surprise this brought my blood sugar readings down significantly within a couple of days (with just a starter dosage of...

Thank you, this is very helpful. I will just keep a careful eye on my blood sugar levels but otherwise carry on as normal.

Hi, I self-diagnosed high blood sugar about 8 years ago after a period of steadily losing weight. I was able to get my blood sugar under control by switching to a low-carb diet, but over the years my levels have been gradually increasing. I've made my diet stricter (it's very extreme now...

Do you eat a lot of protein? I am one of those people who seem to be hovering between type 1 and type 2 symptoms (for several years now), but so far I'm assuming/hoping it's 'severe' type 2. Anyway, periodically I find my BG rising into 9s, 10s, 11s rather than the more normal 7s, 8s, even...

9 bars: http://m.tesco.com/h5/groceries/r/www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=289396543&sc_cmp=ppc-_-sh-_-msh-_-bt-_-px_%7c_shopping_gsc_%7c_all_products_+_brand-_-&gclid=Cj0KEQiAy53DBRCo4en29Zvcla0BEiQAVIDccwBLJjzow1laAwK2CR5DWn0tdUF7T3IpS30sPWEjpogaAqUc8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds Not sure if...

9 bars are not bad as a snickers alternative - around 11 or 12g of carb per bar. I have half a bar as a snack. Another thing I do is have very small portions of 'normal' sugary things. For example half a slice of vanila cheesecake, without the base - around 10g carbs. The problem there is...

Perhaps old news, but I just came across this recently. Waitrose cafe near me is doing a bunless burger. Comes with coleslaw and salad rather than chips, so pretty low carb, as long as you don't have too much of the ketchup or salad dressing. Base cost is £7.25, plus 95p for the bacon and...

I like the Tesco Takeaway Chicken Balti - 16g carbs. There is also a Jalfrezi version with similar carbs.

Another very satisfied customer here, Thanks everyone for bringing these to my attention - would never have found them otherwise. I cut them in two, freeze them, then have half a roll toasted for breakfast every morning with butter and a slice of cheese. BG readings seem consistent with the...

I think the codefree is hard-coded to mmol/l or mg/dl - I don't think you can change it. So you may have bought the mg/dl version.

If I eat more carbs than I should, I typically get high readings for around 3 hours, then suddenly back to normal by 4 hours. I don't take metformin, or any other medication, so I assume this is the 'second phase' insulin response kicking in.

I think you're going to extremes - that may work for some, but many will fail with that type of approach. I still have milk in my tea, I just use less than before (less than half as much - the tea tastes no different). And a small amount of pineapple now and again isn't going to cause you any...

You need to check the label for the carb content, as they vary quite a bit. I use Tesco finest coleslaw because it's lower carb than most (2.3g per 100g), and it tastes good. It's relatively expensive for coleslaw, but still relatively inexpensive compared to a lot of other food.

Sounds like you are fed up with grease rather than fat, which is understandable. But there are other types of fat - nuts and cheese for example. Also, you don't need to have loads of fat, just enough to stop you getting hungry. Consider hard boiled eggs for breakfast rather than fried. For...

I've been using the codefree for a few months, and am happy with it. Occasionally I've been suspicious that I've got an inaccurate reading, so I've done a second reading on my AccuCheck Aviva and each time the reading has been similar, so I'm happy that generally it's no more inaccurate than...

> shaved ham ... beef sausages ... chocolate cakes (made from almond meal/flour) ... doubling up on the eggs ... coconut flour also needs added oil Quite a lot of fat there for a 'no high fat' diet. I think your diet is probably what a lot of us would consider LCHF.

Yes without medication. To be honest I was surprised it took as long as two weeks. My thoughts were that if I stopped eating carbs, then surely there was nothing that could raise my blood sugar, so why shouldn't it fall in a few days at most? That was a little over-simplistic of course. I...

For me it took around two weeks to get from fasting of 13 to under 6. I went quite extreme on cutting out carbs. The first week I think I took too much meat/protein, and I was struggling to get below 8. The second week I had more fat and less protein. I wasn't overweight if that makes any...

Watch the berries, nuts and yoghurt. They're lowish carb, but only in small portions. Perhaps try cutting back on those and see if your BG comes down some more. Edit: Also noticed you mention tomatoes a couple of times. Again, watch the portion size and frequency on those.

Hi Gary Your scenario sounds very similar to mine. Steadily lost weight over a few months (and wasn't overweight to start with), then discovered I had high blood sugar. If you switch to a LCHF diet, as others have described, your blood sugar will probably be under control within a few days...