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  1. toulouse-tom

    Type 2 in Toulouse

    Hi Manda C66 - the study involves Edinburgh Uni but they are looking at the other effect of the substance on the heart. The tests here involved being hooked up to 2 intravenous fluid bags and having blood sugar pin pricks every 5 minutes from 8-15am to 13-15pm... on two separate days. I left...
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    Type 2 in Toulouse

    Hi there, I live and work in Toulouse, France, alongside many other Anglophones in a very large aircraft manufacturer who shall remain nameless. I was diagnosed as Type 2 a year ago and have been cracking on with managing the condition with the French health service, who have been cracking...
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    Alternative to bread!

    I make my own Oat soda bread. 500g pot Natural Yoghurt, 1 egg, 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda and oats (fill the Yoghurt pot twice with any oats or porridge). mix together and put in a loaf tin in a preheated oven 180c for 50 min, remove from tin and return for a further 10 min. You can exchange some...
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    What breakfast cereal spikes sugars

    I use Flahavans Pinhead Oatmeal - makes awesome porridge and use it boost the Oat-Soda bread I make. http://www.flahavans.com/index.php/site-structure/main-menu/our-products/porridge-oats/-speciality-wholefoods/flahavans-pinhead-oatmeal-1kg/387
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    You will have to pay the meal price!

    Eating out can be difficult! Canteens particularly - as the staff have very little control over the rules. In general I make it clear that I'm diabetic to the staff or management if handy and carb heavy food is dangerous for me. In the end a letter of complaint up the chain of command is the...
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    Anyone have Coeliac Disease and Type 2?

    I have stopped eating most bread except home made porridge bread (lots of recipes around online but basically oats, natural yoghurt, bicarb of soda, an egg). It is really easy to make (you just mix it in a bowl, stick it in an oven), you can customise it (seeds / flavourings / bran / other...