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I've just moved this from a blog to the forum - thinking it might be useful for supporting others and getting support for my efforts too. It's now 10th December and I'm starting the Newcastle diet tomorrow - this afternoon we have a Christmas meal and I don't want to miss it. I'm writing this...

I've now just completed my second week of a low carb regime which has actually been a lot easier than I expected. I started it after reading Bernstein's book - I'd mostly stopped checking my blood (assuming everything was OK) but shocked myself with a reading of 15.4 mmol/L half an hour after a...

Having let my BG get a bit out of control and recently switching to low carb, I've been monitoring my BG fairly closely and a number of foods unexpectedly seem to contain high amounts of sugars, or at least carbs. The most recent revelation was bacon. I was surprised to see that the bacon...

I'm interested in finding out more about the link between triglyceride levels and low carb diets. I've switched to a low carb diet just a fortnight ago after a routine blood test showed my levels weren't as under control as I'd thought. I read Bernstein's book and was convinced that it was...

Hi all, I'm type 2 living in Andalucia having retired here a couple of years ago. After having it well under control for a few years in the UK, I've now discovered I've become blasé and a recent routine blood test made me wake up. I've also just read then Bernstein book which seems to make a...