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Hello! One pound of fat is equivalent to 3500 calories. If you have been eating that amount of extra calories per day for the last 7 days you might be able to put on that much weight that quickly. More likely you were dehydrated from your body trying to flush out the extra glucose from your...

Bitter melon definitely needs cooking. Even then I think it is pretty bitter...

I know what you mean, LCHF is a pretty sustainable and satisfying diet once you adjust. There are a few things I wouldn't mind being able to have from time to time though. Now I'm hungry. Time for some cheese!

Absolutely! Though the temptation to wolf down a bag of haribo may be difficult to resist, my fear of long term complications arising from diabetes should keep me in check.

Thanks all, good to know there is the possibility of improved carb tolerance. Happy to be mindful of what I eat with the possibility of the occasional extravagance. At least another stone to be lost before I have a healthy BMI and would consider any carb experiments though.

Thanks for the perspective. I am surprised at how few things I miss. Once I got used to the idea that fat is not bad the possibilities for tasty things to eat increased loads. I started low carbing when I was "likely type 1" because I wanted to stretch out the honeymoon for as long as possible...

Hi, I was initially diagnosed type 1 but the consultant now reckons type 2, the rollercoaster continues. This makes me even more interested in losing weight and things like the newcastle diet and/or LCHF. Has anyone lost significant amounts of weight and restored their blood glucose control to...

I am 36, diagnosed at the end of October last year. I was on insulin for maybe 3 months. Pretty low levels then in February they kept lowering the doses down to nothing. I still had an occasional high number but since I have been low carbing it has been almost all 4-6's with a handful of 7's...

I am currently honeymooning and have taken no insulin for the last 2 months. Currently low carbing to soften the bump when the period ends.

Hello! Edinburgh is an excellent city to stay in, and the diabetes department of the hospital has been really good to me. My understanding, not an expert, is that with a European Health Insurance Card you will be entitled to treatment in the UK as if you are a UK citizen. So you will be able to...

They like to take their time bringing your sugars down so it will take a little time to dial in to the correct dosage. They will adjust your dose, wait a few days, adjust again, until it is about right. After that they will let you start to vary your level of carbs in meals and make...

These are pretty good... Switch the honey to sweetener for fewer carbs. http://www.paleotribe.co.uk/super-tasty-paleo-chocolate-and-coconut-truffles/

Haha! Just found another list that gives the gi for dates as 103. Gotta love the Internet.

That is interesting! Follow the meter for sure. As an aside, fructose does follow a different metabolic pathway to glucose. Cells can't use it directly so it has to go to the liver to be converted to glucose. That is why the gi of pure fructose is 25 I think instead of 100. However everyone...

I thought dates were high in fructose so had a lower gi? The Internet says they have a gi of 42?

Hi, I have been on a low carb diet for a few weeks now to reduce the severity of any unstable blood glucose when my honeymoon period ends. I was out dancing lindy hop last night and thought I would check my ketones when I got home. Turns out they are 0.8 so I guess my diet is about low enough...

Fries have carbs as does ketchup. Carbs are converted to glucose so the fries could well have influenced the blood glucose reading.

7.4 is in the normal range for post meal I think, perhaps at the high end of normal. I would go back to the doctor and ask for an hba1c.

Hi, I just had a thought. If you are on a ketogenic diet, does that mean that your muscle and liver stores of glycogen are pretty much depleted? If so, would a glucagon shot have less of an effect in the case of an extreme hypo for a type 1? I know there is another thread that suggests you may...

Nope, we still store glucose in muscles and the liver. A glucagon shot that you may have for emergencies causes the liver to dump its glucose into the blood stream. The tricky bit is if you have a sugary drink that raises your blood glucose, but then later on the alcohol lowers it. Makes it...