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I'm diabetic, and I have no problem with being called diabetic. I don't find it offensive. It is what it is. If people see me only for being diabetic, and not my profession - then that's their problem ... and the UK prime minister? Also diabetic, she talks about being "diabetic" in TV and radio...

Many thanks for letting us know what's going on. Sadly the biggest organization in the UK that deals with the majority of diabetesm NHS, is the one in debt and the one that could make a significant dent into the volume of diabetic prescriptions

Agreed about training. But anticipate its more to do with litigation. My NHS diabetic nurse knows that low carb makes sense but she can't be seen to be endorsing that issue just in case. So looks like we'll have to continue self helping

Ah, pregnant and doing these extreme diets might not be a good idea, though understandable if you were trying to reduce glucose for your unborn child. I created my own diet. Any amount of vegetables grown above the ground, no limits, if I'm hungry, I eat more greens - move over Bugs Bunny. I eat...

Horrible reading and scary we can't do anything about it

Not suggesting low carb is an answer for Theresa May or any other Type 1 diabetic, but May should be sympathetic, you'd think, to help other diabetics

lets hope he gets a move on, but considering diabetes.co.uk have announced 250,000 members, perhaps we should raise a petition??

There are loads of success stories on this site of Type 2 diabetics following low carb diets and getting great results. I've reversed my diabetes by diet alone and stopped injecting insulin 5-times-a-day as a result. So how come the NHS are still issuing dietary guidelines encouraging eating...

You don't have to tell me about the joy of shopping at markets....We relocate our office to France every summer, in a very rural area, and only due to blinding fast internet.... so its a trip to the market every day to buy our veg and fruit .... and.... my blood sugar levels go down by 50%. I'm...

...now that would explain a lot. I like nuts but they taste of nothing and I could be eating cat litter. Last year I was given a present of freshly picked walnuts. At the time, I thought so what but the consistency and taste was unlike anything I had ever eaten before, so I'm guessing nuts must...

I have no idea, I wish we could get to the truth

Thats what I was thinking

There is a link from the words The Daily Mail, in red, which should take you to the page with more information.

Agreed, Daily Mail is clickbait headline territory now, but nevertheless alerted me to this info. Also agree this needs further observation. Can Diabetes UK take the lead I wonder?

I totally agree and do the same, but I cannot help thinking how much of that chemical would seep into the produce through the skin. Leafy veg, which I eat a lot of, like cabbage and broccoli, surely would absorb some of it, especially being subjected to the chemical every day after a year. I...

In The Daily Mail last week, they ran a story regarding supermarkets that stored fruit and veg for up to one year before putting them on the sale. Fruit and veg are exposed to a chemical called SmartFresh -"SmartFresh works using a sugar-based powder containing the active ingredient...

I'm trying out Diabetes Pilot, not free, with food database for measuring carbs, though has a lot of American junk food listed. I have the ability to add English stuff but it's tedious

I did follow the Newcastle diet, dropped 40 lbs in three months, blood sugars plateaued at 6.9, had amazing energy, but found it too difficult to keep for eating that way for ever.

I was just wondering if anyone could recommend an app for recording diabetes - levels, meds, carbs, etc and that would update and sync from iphone to desktop and produce reports.