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Has anyone successfully made a low carb tarte tatin? Have guests next weekend and as much as I love a cheeseboard it would be nice to have a change. Am thinking this would be good - with homemade ice cream (I’ll just have plain cream). Thank you

Discovered another good grab snack today in Waitrose. Hippeas are chickpea puffs. Sweet and smokin, flavour. It’s 11.2g carbs per bag, not the lowest but for me manageable. The good thing is they actually taste very good. Not much in the bag but if I was out and needed a snack I’d happily buy...

Discovered Serious Pig snacks today. Pretty tasty, £2 a bag. Saw them in a Cook shop while stocking up on the Red Thai Chicken curry :) Would buy again. Just wish Costa etc stocked snacks like this - found myself in there this morning looking at carb hell!

Spotted this in John Lewis today - perfect for those of you who love an Advent calendar (ok I’m a big kid!) but follow the low carb diet - happy Christmas ;)

Had my HbA1c done around 2 weeks ago. Was rather nervous as I spent most of August in France where I couldn’t resist the bread and pasties ... but did walk 10,000 steps every day. Still wasn’t looking forward to blood results though ... But it came back as 5.3 :):) pretty darn happy about it...

Discovered Pana this week. It's a treat Chocolate - it isn't cheap. But, good flavours - around 3G of carbs per 15g, this is 2 squares and was enough for me as super tasty. Very moist to. 2 squares = 1/3 a bar, and £4 a bar so a treat - but I loved it. Most low carb choc is plain so really...

So my father has now been diagnosed as type 2. I feel immensely sad for him but want to help. He is rather confused about what to eat - he has seen the diabetic nurse who basically said 'eat a good diet' ... the old Eatwell plate. Would be interested to know how others have handled family...

My OH has a pilots licemce, on one of his forums (he has flying ones, I have diabetic ones LOL) someone is asking if you can gain certification if type 1. This relates to private pilots licence. Any help from anyone with experience would be appreciated. Thank you

So, in the grand scheme of things I'd like to think I've been doing pretty well. I stopped the meds, I'm often in the 5s in the morning. But - it's the relentless of diabetes that is killing me. Constantly checking labels, constantly thinking I can't eat that. One of my main loves has always...

So prunes wrapped in bacon, a Christmas tradition. Please tell me they aren't so bad in carbs if I have a couple - but I think they will be ....

So accordingly to the latest 'research' taking Viagra can help men with type II reduce the risk of heart problems .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3929066/Taking-Viagra-halves-risk-men-suffer-type-2-diabetes-dying-heart-problems.html It's in the Daily Mail today, so it must be...

Last week I replied to a tweet from Diabetes UK asking for newly diagnosed type II's willing to speak to the media this week following a release of more dreary stats about the number of undiagnosed type II's. The interviews didn't go ahead but my story made it onto the Diabetes UK news page. I...

Discovered these snack packs while in France. Bought from the service station where I used to buy quiches and lemon tarts! Both beef and chicken packs available, I think I preferred the chicken. So tasty - they became a regular while on holiday. Shame they don't sell anything like this in the UK.

For years we've been eating at the lovely Masala Zone http://www.masalazone.com/ - one of my favourite meals, they do a Thali which is a plate with curry, rice, different dishes etc. I feel like I'm restricting my fiancé's diet so was thinking of visiting before Star Trek tomorrow. I usually...

Spotted this snack in my pool's vending machine yesterday but couldn't see carb content so didn't buy them. Around 5g of carbs per bag so not bad as an on the go snack? I want to hope they might be like Quavers ... has anyone tried them? Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum

Next weekend is my parents 50th wedding anniversary and as a family we are all going to Dorset for a long weekend. I'd love to take a cake to celebrate - but also don't want my BG to go crazy. Advice appreciated. Should I just take a regular cake and just take a small piece, not each much and...

I've widely spoken about I lost my leg left above the knee to cancer when I was 19. And how the thought of diabetes complications scare the heck out of me. Today at my Limb Centre I met the first guy since I was diagnosed who has lost his leg through diabetes. He told me his control was...

So my order arrived today, 24 bottles of low carb beer from Marstons. Just enjoy my first beer since diagnosis in Jan 2016. It tastes pretty good. I used to be a John Smith or Tetley's lad (a true Yorkshireman!) but actually enjoying this beer. Couldn't say it is out of the world, but highly...

I came off my Metformin around 10 days ago - does this make me susceptible to hypos? As I understood it hypos on Metformin are rare so haven't really worried about it? Should I now? Still feel like a newbie :( Sometime I realise I still have so much to learn! Thanks for any advice. I've been...

Always been a fan of Scotch Eggs but avoided recently due to breadcrumbs etc ... Decided to try one today - no carb content listed as they are an 'artisan' brand in our local Budgen :) So before eating BG 5.1, one hour later 4.9, two hours later 3.9 .... I have been working on the garden since...