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    The low-carb cause

    Whatever you say catherine! Whatever you say! Best wishes - John
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    The low-carb cause

    Hi Catherine, Couldn't that be considered to be condoning bullying? Best wishes - John
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    The low-carb cause

    Hi Nigel, In personalising your comments against another person (whoever that might be) in the way that you do aren't you simply practising what you accuse others of doing - i.e. being "a narrow-minded, self-opinionated fool that frequently writes rude and degrading remarks"? Just a thought...
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    Type 2 - Diet that is working well for me

    Hi Dippy3103 - It's good to meet you! Thanks! For the first nine months of my improvement I was eating a near vegetarian diet - almost vegan in fact. That was before I fully understood the effect that carbohydrate has on blood glucose levels. If you are a vegetarian then you may find a book by...
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    Type 2 - Diet that is working well for me

    Hi dollydreamer - It's good to meet you! Glad that you find the post of some relevance and hope that you might find something useful in it. I've bordered on binge eating - and drinking - myself at times. I've always said that I never really felt hungry yet never felt full - I could go very...
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    Type 2 - Diet that is working well for me

    Hi Brill, All I can say is that I think the appetite adjusts gradually and the need to be eating all the time gets less. As I think I say in my post, I don't do a great deal of exercise myself. Nothing more severe than walking on the flat a bit and in small doses. I do far too little exercise...
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    Hey ho, let's go!

    Congratulations on the weight loss bufferz! I hope that you will get an improvement in blood glucose levels and fully expect that you will. Good luck and best wishes - John
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    Type 2 Diet Only

    Hi 7 Lives left, I agree with Catherine that is sounds absolutely delicious and much better for you than crispbread. However, there really is quite a lot of carbohydrate in that meal to be eaten first thing in a morning at a time when many Type 2s have problems dealing with carbohydrate. I...
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    Type 2 - Diet that is working well for me

    Hi DazG, As far as weight loss is concerned I count calories to do that. However, the diet that I've adopted has been over a period where I've lost over 5 stones and I'm still losing weight slowly. Almost into the normal range now from the top end of the obese band with BMI just below 40 when I...
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    Type 2 - Diet that is working well for me

    Hi TTFN - Sorry Roy, :lol: I don't know how my GP will feel about coming off the medications. However, my blood glucose levels really have become very low and are quite often below 4 and as low as 3.2. Also, my blood pressure is low too averaging around 105/60. In addition, total cholesterol...
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    Type 2 - Diet that is working well for me

    Hi ATB, I'm not sure that relying on tablets will work in the longer - or even medium - term. Certainly, they weren't doing much for me - in fact, I seemed to be well on the way to needing to inject insulin. I seem a million miles away from needing insulin these days. In fact, I'm more...
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    The low-carb cause

    Hi John, Sorry! However, whether you want it or nor I need to send my congatulations on what you have achieved so far. Well done! Keep on track! Very best wishes - John
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    Shredded Wheat whole grain For Breakfast

    Hi spitfire1 - Yes. I could have told you that is what was likely to happen because it happened to me too. Porridge did that to me too! I don't eat either of them these days. You can find details here of what I do eat since I sorted my blood glucose control out: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13750 Best...
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    Straight from the horses mouth; Dr Bernstein interview

    I did re-read his book in January exactly twelve months after reading it the first time. It meant much more to me the second time because of what I had learnt in the meantime. In my opinion the book seems very much more applicable to a Type 1 who needs to improve control of their blood glucose...
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    Medication alone

    Hi Jackalina, The secret about improving control of blood glucose levels is to quite simply work out what it was in any meal you ate that took you to a level higher than you are happy with - and then reduce your intake of that particular food at subsequent meals. What did you eat in the meal...
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    Pre Diabetic question

    Hi Wendy, If you are cutting back on carbohydrate then you should not have very much to worry about blood glucose wise. Testing occasionally to learn what is happening to your levels will help too. However, in my opinion, changing your diet to eat less starchy carbohydrate foods is the most...
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    Hi All

    Hi northlanguy, They can't put much of any harm into good old fashioned meat or fish with vegetables excluding the potatoes. That's my usual choice of food when eating out these days. That sort of meal does absolutely nothing to my blood glucose levels and it's to be found on almost all menus...
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    Am i being daft?

    Hi Sara, Very definitely you aren't being daft! In fact, you seem to be anything other than daft considering the advice that you say other people are trying to give you. I'm a non-insulin dependent Type 2 who was daignosed over nine years ago and I'm still on metformin tablets. I got worse for...
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    granola

    Hi Brian, My local Tesco no longer stocks the product either - but the next nearest store does. Also, Tesco still sell it online. Best wishes - John
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    Newly Diagnosed

    Hi salty, Readings in double figures are not good for you irrespective of how you are feeling. I agree with what others have already told you about the relatively high levels of carbohydrate in your diet and the effect that will be having on your blood glucose levels. I'm a non-insulin...