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Ahhhh :idea: Keep forgetting that the autonomic processes will keep trying to work :!: I'd guess that the Hovis Granary is not as "healthy" as they advertise :lol: don't usually buy it, but it's all that was available yesterday

My post breakfast reading this morning was 10.6, which was a bit of a surprise :shock: . Breakfast was a small slice of wholemeal toast with a couple of poached eggs. I would usually expect a reading of under 7 after that. I've had a sedantry morning in front of the PC so was surprised a...

Arghhh - couldn't you have made that suggestion after lunch? :roll: :roll: :roll:

Hmmm - 11 people is way to small a sample to be making the statement that this wonder diet "reverses" T2 Diabetes. The article doesn't mention how much weight the subjects lost, which may be more of a cause than this particular diet. The lack of certain nutrients in the diet may be the cause...

Yeah - I take all "expert" opinions regarding food scares with a very large pinch of salt - low sodium of course :wink:

:lol: :lol: :lol: Mine's already marinading, ready to hit the grill :D 8) :D 8)

Looks like the Nutritionist Nazis are about to go on the attack again: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... -warn.html :shock: :shock: Just in time for my annual argument with my diabetes nurse about the benefits of my low carb diet! :roll: :lol:

Thanks for the replies guys. Sorry for the slow response, it's been a heck of a few weeks - made redundant, rebuilt my PC & started a new job. And all without adverse impacts. :D Saw my GP as planned, who questioned why I'd come to see him :roll: My response of "errr, 'cos your Diabetes...

Thanks HLW. Been away for a week so didn't pick up your reply until today. Certainly sounds logical. I'm seeing the doctor later today...........

Just had my latest blood test results. Had one a month ago & my nurse was concerned over my liver function numbers, so had another test last week. In the meantime I've been a bit more disciplined with my low carb diet & been hiking more than usual. My average carb intake over the month has...

I'd call my care adequate. I see the Nurse a couple of times a year. The health authority arrange my annual retina scan. The only time the medicos seem to want to engage is if they think something is going wrong. I haven't been offered Podiatric or Dietitian appointments. No advice over...

Just curious. Why is drinking grapefruit juice dangerous but eating grapefruit isn't :?: All the warnings seem to refer to just the juice.

Re: Please can someone help with confused newly diagnosed ty Hi Brekky You went from 22.5 to 5.5 in three weeks? Instead of you asking questions, you should be answering them 8) :) A big Well Done 8) :) Don't let things get you down. The newly diagnosed phase is terribly confusing - and...

:idea: :idea: :idea: Ah - light dawns. Thanks Ken My numbers for raw products come from my handy dandy Collins Gen Carb Counter book, which lists gross Carbs, Fibre & Net Carbs seperately. So I'll use the Net Carb numbers from there. Where I use a food label, I'll trust the carb shown to be...

Thanks Ken, I'll keep an eye on things. Though you've got me confused over recording my carb intake: I could have sworn I'd read somewhere that we only need to record Net Carbs because the Carbs in Fibre don't get processed into glucose and so "don't count". :? :?

Ah :idea: Cross contamination. On both days I'd done the coffee run for my colleagues. Some of them are sugar fiends & our coffee machine spills a lot. I probably got sugary coffee on my fingers. Yeah - feeling a bit flu-ey at the mo', so I reckon I've a viral infection. One of my...

1. I don't test my fasting level unfortunately. I do test once a day 2 hrs after meals, different time each day. My average breakfast reading is 5.8. These days weren't on my schedule for a morning test (that makes me sound hyper-organised :D ). 2. I'm a low carber. Breakfast on these days...

Hi all I've had a puzzling couple of hypo situations over the last week. I'm lucky in that I usually feel hypo symptoms pretty strongly relatively soon after my levels fall below 4.0, I've never gone below 3.6 without feeling something. But a couple mornings this week I've felt pretty bad, full...

My wife works in a care home for the elderly. Over the weekend they received a new patient from our local NHS hospital. The staff that handled the discharge declined to mention that the patient was infected with the Norovirus. :shock: :x My wife & all of her colleagues who came into...

Re: Success stories Hi all. Thought I'd share my experiences with you. Been low carbing for a couple of weeks and I'm amazed. No BG swings and no Hypos :) . Even better, I've lost over 9lb :D :D . I haven't been paying much attention to portion control so I reckon with a bit more...