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    recommend vitamin/B1

    thanks hana, may I ask do I buy a mult vit and multi min AND a B1 supplement or does the frist two cover the B1 :D
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    recommend vitamin/B1

    please, Can someone recommend a online supplier, or shop, of a good multivitamin and multimineral and B1 supplement for a diabetic (type II diet only), including what brand to buy. thank you :D Red ps im collecting my exercise bike tomorow :D :D :D how fun is that :D :D :D
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    Hungry...

    I have been reading about the low carb, high fat diet to loose weight. I too felt really hungry and distracted having fish and salad for lunch. After what I have read I realize that the diet I was doing was not having much fat, (dinner lean meat and veg). My question is this, if you have...
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    Are cinnamon sticks good for type 2 diabetes?

    Re: is Cinnamon sticks good for type 2 diabetes? IF we are being judged on grammar I may as well shoot myself in head now, but before I do I would like to know where you buy the cinnamon powder thanks :D
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    Testing For Huntington's - Serious Question

    I am so so sorry, I think your mum must have been really proud of you two. i think chocfish has good advice, take care of yourself and your brother, and I am thinking of you love Red
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    Neuropathy caused by improved control

    >>>>>>>>>>>" 2) although your previous level of control was pretty good, you had begun to develop neuropathy. Now with the improvement to almost non-diabetic, your nerves are healing an telling you about it. Number 2 is well known in people who get better control. It's VERY unlikely that you...
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    Is anyone here familiar with Gabriel Cousens dietary advice?

    Spiral - yes you can have the 2nd wish - but you owe me big time. and please dont anyone else ask - I have got to save the last one for world peace. :D
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    5%

    ok thanks, I have made a decision, I am going to buy an exercise bike on sunday, and start exercising, although I think I will be slow. secondly I am going to try the low carb lowish protien higher fat diet I have just read about, and then if that doesnt work say in about 10 weeks , i will...
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    5%

    Right I am totally comitted to positive action :D , but if i reduce my calories (and carbs to 40) I loose wieght (still need to loose about 8 stone) but my bg numbers are too high and sometimes get higher due to probably liver dumps, if I eat more I dont loose weight adn my wieght and bg...
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    can someone please relate to this.

    good for you mate :D
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    can someone please relate to this.

    that is really tough Howie, I really feel for you. Maybe if wont mess your body up though, and you are young and can still have a good life, maybe the complications wont happen for you. they are making advances all the time. Good luck with it and with your music composition.
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    can someone please relate to this.

    thank you for all of your responses Red
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    can someone please relate to this.

    I wondered if anyone can relate to this. I am really terribly struggling with the diagnosis of diabetes. I know there are a lot of worse things that people have to cope with and I know I might get slaughtered on here for saying this, but its just doing my head in so badly and I dont even...
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    Is anyone here familiar with Gabriel Cousens dietary advice?

    whats wrong with you Ken, have you never heard of Fairy God Mother's? or 3 wishes? I guess its down to that then.
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    Any more room on the 5% couch?

    Hey Alice, Im really pleased for you, an inspiration, best wishes Red :D
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    Is anyone here familiar with Gabriel Cousens dietary advice?

    Ken,can you be cured if you loose a lot of weight (like 10 stone) becuase of the insulin resistance, or not even then? Red
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    Is anyone here familiar with Gabriel Cousens dietary advice?

    Ken, are you saying that no-one can ever be cured from diabetes? if so, why?
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    is this an ok diet? improvements?

    I have written below a pretty usual day of what I eat, as I am trying to reduce my bg (currently hba1c 7.3) I am asking if anyone can make any suggestions for tweaks I could make that may help. I am willing to try anything really. 5.30am 10 almonds 8am 1 mackeral fish + 9 carb peice bread +...
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    alcohol & thanks

    Hi Red here, firstly am feeling a lot more stable now, and apologies if i seemed a bit all over the place (demanding) when i first joined this forum. i was scared and also am in a very difficult relationship. thank you for sticking with me. it has been a great support and source of info. I...
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    Type 1 Diabetic coming out of my honeymoon period

    can someone kindly put me out of my misery, what is a honeymoon period? does both type 1 and 2 get it? thankyou