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Dear all, I am but now a very infrequent visitor here (for a number of reasons), but thought I would 'pop in' and perhaps provide a bit of hope for those who are (as I was) terrified, and new to this world when I was 'visited' by Diabetes. 15 months ago as a 51 year old, as part of a fairly...

Well first 3 months full result. Hba1c - 44 Serum Cholesterol - 4.3 Trigl - 0.6 HDL - 1.29 Chol ratio 3.3 Still not testing, still having 'the evil four' - but in moderation (of course). Well pleased with that. PN and 'memsahib' also really happy! (PN was amazed 'if only they were all like...

OK folks. I appreciate this post may draw fire, and I may even get removed or banned, and have thought long and hard before posting it - bit feel I now need to. I have frequented this forum for a little over 3 months and in that time have been quite amazed at some of the lengths folks will go...

I was belatedly reading a Daily Mail supplement about Low Carb diets as advocated in David Cavans book which is endorsed here. A number of the recipes included Sour Dough bread and it states that it has 'significant health benefits as it contains the same acids that slow down the rate at which...

All, I think this has been referred to elsewhere in the Forums, but just in case you have missed it, there is a programme to be screened on BBC 2, Sunday night at 10pm called 'Fixing Dad' which may be of interest. Apparently it is about the journey of one of our 'brethren' who didn't look after...

well folks, As you know I'm not an LCHF evangelist, nor do I monitor, and being honest still to an extent struggling with my now 'label'. However I've had another appointment today with my PN, who (I think) is brilliant. She talked me through the Retinopathy results - all good, she did a 'foot...

I'm sure this has been visited many times before, and hope you don't mind the post? I am still very much struggling with everything nutritionally regarding my new found situation, but one of the only areas I'm currently comfortable with is drinks. Many years ago I gave up 'full fat' fizzy...

Hi all, I did post this as a reply in another thread, but thought I would ask the question seperately....... I was 'labelled' at the end of April with a subsequent hb1ac of 97 ..... Which at the time meant nothing, but I subsequently realised was high - and freaked! I now have embarked on a...

Hello all, I have ‘hung around’ on the periphery of this site for a couple of months or so, only now feeling anywhere near strong enough to ‘declare my hand’ although have visited a number of the forums routinely. I now put pen to paper with expectation I will be challenged and possibly derided...