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Andrew, thanks for your entry. As you can guess from how I explain myself I am a total novice with regards to diabetes. However, I must say that what I know is purely from what has been explained to me by my own GP (infact two seperate doctors and a specialist diabetic nurse). All my main (full...

Sorry Ian I didnt explain myself correctly. It was the company that requested a fasting sample. What I did was as follows: I woke at 5.30am (BG 4.9) and had a bowl of shredded wheat for my breakfast with skimmed milk. I tested every two hours and noticed that it was going up which is why I did...

Thanks again for all the brilliant advice guys. Well Since this post I Have eaten low carb and ben exercising every day. I managed to buy a test kit and monitor my BG levels approx 5 times a day observing approx 2 hours after each meal. I was amazed at how quickly my BG's came down from 7.8...

Hi guys. I am new here and have already had some amazing answers to my first thread. As some of you may be aware I am trying to bring my BG down to below 7 for a pre employment medical on Wednesday this week. I have bought a BG monitor and with the use of very low carbs and brisk walking at...

Thanks for the kind welcome and valuable suggestions guys and gals. I am reassured now that I can get this sorted. Its just that you hear so much about diabetes and now that I am in the family I feel totally flustered with everything being mentioned about it. I know that this is a stupid...

Hi everyone, My name is Stu. I have arrived here to try and gleen some information which will allow me to reduce my blood glucose. I have recently been made redundant from work in Oct 08. I have recently been offered a job of a liftime working in Wets Africa. However, after a pre employment...