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  1. fredericmarcel

    I could really use some support

    Hi geminigirl, What has helped me manage my blood glucose level without insulin or meds since 16 months is this book : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Bernsteins-Diabetes-Solution-Achieving/dp/0316182699 Low carb high fat is a learning process. Once you have understood the logic of it and decided...
  2. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    I live over an excellent boulangerie-patisserie :) My days of croissants, religieuses au café, mille-feuilles, Saint-Honoré and baguettes de tradition are over. No regret and (touch wood) no special attraction. I did not choose to become diabetic. If I had realized I was pre-diabetic five years...
  3. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    Chinta, how is life in Normandie?
  4. fredericmarcel

    Success isn't just lower BG and weight loss..

    Big successes and small success. My big success is to control my bg with my LCHF (ketogenic) diet so that I can predict what my BG will be from what I eat. My FBG is 5.0 with insulin or meds. I eat my lunch with delight and go back to work immediately. I cannot believe it. I feel energetic and...
  5. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    Here is the answer on a very useful tool http://informationsnutritionnelles.fr/andouille and http://www.menunature.com/inscription.php https://cronometer.com/?logout=true
  6. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    I'd rather think of myself of a mentor who pays forward the mentoring he benefited greatly from. It can make such a difference. It took me more than a month to understand that breakfast was a meal the function of which was to acquire fuel and nutrients to live another morning. My breakfast is...
  7. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    Do not forget to add salt for a while to avoid carb flu http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/low-carb-flu.69937/ About cheating http://www.diabetesforums.com/forum/topic/77811-do-you-cheat/ Knowing that eating things I love has never made me happier makes it easy to eat frugally. I have...
  8. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    Sorry. I just looked at the section about ketones and did not read the rest. Soja based ayonnaise is not recommended by Dr Bernstein. Here is a link http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/low-carb-reality-check-traditional-mayonaisse-is-not-a-good-high-fat-option/22391 But I suppose if you do not...
  9. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    Here is an intersesting website for the self-management of diabetes http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/
  10. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    Your husband would be interested in knowing that low carb diet helps marathon runner and cyclists http://www.amazon.com/Art-Science-Low-Carbohydrate-Performance-ebook/dp/B008BYG7RW/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447932668&sr=1-2&keywords=the+art+of+low+carbohydrate+living This is a very...
  11. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    You need a prescription from your doctor and he should declare your diabetes as a maladie invalidante prise en charge à 100%
  12. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    I find managing present tense is the most important and difficult thing in the world ;)
  13. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    I love cheddar. Strangely enough, it has become my favourite cheese. I buy it at Monoprix http://courses.monoprix.fr/RIDE/Cheddar-extra-mature-affine-12-mois-au-minimum-2201480 I eat camembert rarely because cheeses à pate dure like cantal, comté, ceddar, edam are recommended. But I buy blue...
  14. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    Obviously you are not met the French bread like Poilane and all varieties of baguette tradition. What you get is the ordinary bread. That is not what I was writing about. Your way of eating is obviously not very adequate for diabetes. I suggest you acquire a meter (you should not have to pay for...
  15. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    There are many French ways. I ate quite simply. I loved crudites and it was difficult for me to do without my beloved carottes rapees and tomates. And fruit. Not to forget the great breads France is blessed with. But there you are;: diabetes has been such a shock that I had to fight back. And...
  16. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    I could not imagine not eating the french way. But here I am after three months of low carb diet : I have never enjoyed my food as I do today. And I am so full of energy (and lean like I was when I was twenty). I eat cheese, meat, eggs, vegetables, almonds. So, I do not intend to try anything...
  17. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    I love Bayeux. So many happy memories of the Cathedral! If you adopt the type of management recommended by either Dr Bernstein's or Atkins' book and get support on a forum by people who have a long experience of low carb or ketogenic diet (they are one and the same), you will not need to depend...
  18. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    Thank you SunnyExpat, I will order new glasses on that site. I gather from your name that you live in the South of France.Périgord, Provence, Côte d'Azur. I will study the Newcastle Diet out of interest. But I am so happy with the ketogenic diet that I would only considering another diet if if I...
  19. fredericmarcel

    Anyone else living in France?

    SunnyExpat, can you give us a link to the sites which you recommend for buying glasses online?