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    Confused, concerned and disappointed

    adamstclare, After reading all the replies you are getting here at diabetes.co.uk, the best diabetes website I have known, you will learn pretty fast that although type 2 diabetes is a mysterious disease, you can make it friendly with the use of D&E control method. Enjoy life always!!! Bonny...
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    Eat less exercise more!

    LittleGrayCat: Yes, 'eat less and exercise more' is something I have been doing for more than 25 years and I have been enjoying life like I have no diabetes. Why is it easy for me to eat less and exercise more? Because during the four years that the Philippines was occupied by the Japanese...
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    Cannot cut off carbs

    Brunneria, Have you considered the fact that if there is somebody who has outdone me, he should have presented his claim by now. If you have not heard the names David Mendoza of mendoza.com and Sheri Colberg Ochs, you can google both names and you will easily find out who they are. Both of them...
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    Cannot cut off carbs

    WithoutSugar, By telling you my story, I don't mean to encourage you to follow my lead. What I wish to suggest is for you to experiment and see if you get the results you want. When I was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic in July 1991 (my first blood sugar reading was468 mg/dl), I was required to...
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    Help me work this out

    James, Even if you did not eat anything after your night shift work, you would still get a high blood sugar reading. Why? Because the liver will release glucose from storage. Having some weetabix and a small piece of ginger cake were not the real cause of your bs highs. But they surely played a...
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    Whats the best way to reduce BG levels

    heli2010, I think that you are doing OK. The numbers you have been getting are the same as mine. Fasting and postprandial blood sugar readings for me have consistently been high since my diagnosis in July 1991 Amazingly, they have never bothered me Why? Maybe because I run the stairs a total of...
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    Too low BG after exercise

    Grant, Excellent reply! Based on my 25+ years of experience with my type 2 diabetes, I have never had a hypo problem. Since my diagnosis in July 1991 (my first blood sugar reading was 468 mg/dl), I have always been using diet and exercise to control my disease. So far so good. My past A1c's...
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    A new start today!!

    Dalyan, This is my first time to reply to a first post of a prediabetic. I hope that I may be able to help. I have been a type 2 diabetic since the first week of July 1991. My first blood sugar reading was 468 mg/dl which was very high. I was supposed to be on several anti-diabetes pills. I...
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    Low Carb and Exercise!

    Ellagy, Please understand that I am not contradicting your low-carbing. I cannot because I have never tried it. In all the 25+ years that I have been a type 2, My exercise has always been either running the stairs or walking the stairs, 4 sessions for a total of 1 hour/day. Bonny C Damocles...
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    Type 2 Question about your diet for those with an HbA1c under 6%

    During all the 25 years and 3 months that I have been a type 2 diabetic, I have always been eating HCLF meals. Most everything that I eat is heart-healthy, natural, fresh (raw or cooked), unprocessed, and whole. I totally avoid snacks, hard and soft drinks, salty, oily, and sugary foods. I eat...
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    The Hidden Killer. Type 2 Diabetes.

    As far as I am concerned, I totally agree that type 2 diabetes is a hidden killer. Not type 1. I never talk about type 1 diabetes because It is a very different disease. Regarding diet, although I have been having HCLF since my diagnosis 25 years and 2 months ago and having excellent success...
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    Reversing T2 With Diet - Who Has Done It And Who Wants To Give It A Go?

    Chalup, There is nothing to be sorry about. Please stay focused on controlling your diabetes and you will eventually do well. Please understand that I got lucky insofar as my diabetes is concerned. I got DUMB (disciplined, upbeat, motivated, bold). In short, please eat the food you love but...
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    Reversing T2 With Diet - Who Has Done It And Who Wants To Give It A Go?

    Chalup, I am here to tell my story and nothing more. My purpose is to encourage other type 2 diabetics to discover for themselves a way to have a long, healthy and happy life. Please remember that my good result was maintained in no less than 25 years. What happens if and when I cannot run up...
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    Reversing T2 With Diet - Who Has Done It And Who Wants To Give It A Go?

    Remedy, Yes, I think that I am a carb addicted eater. In the Philippines where I came from, carbohydrates were the cheapest foods. I lived there during all the first 37 years of my life. We were very poor. Most days, we had sweet potatoes, rice, cheap fish like smelt. Baked goods, fatty cold...
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    Reversing T2 With Diet - Who Has Done It And Who Wants To Give It A Go?

    I will always be a type 2 diabetic, no doubt about it. My diagnosis was based on a blood sugar reading of 468 mg/dl done in July 1991. A friend who was diagnosed a month ahead of me and who was on anti-diabetes pills complained about the hypo problems he was having. He said that they made him...
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    Diabetes Reversal

    I think that I am the first unmedicated 25-year type 2 diabetic without any diabetes complications. I have never had a hypoglycemia episode. My first blood sugar reading was 468 mg/dl which was the basis of my diagnosis in July 1991. My meals have been mostly high carbs. It is very true that...
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    Adrenaline Rush After High Carb Meal?

    I love seeing the words high carb meal. That's what I have been having for more than 25 long years. Why do I keep on having high car meals? I need easily digested foods. I am as lazy as all the cells in my body. Yes, I have always been getting high fasting and post-meal blood sugar levels but...
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    So...Let's Talk Low Carb.

    To All Low Carbers, I have been a high carber for more than 25 years. This is not to say that high-carb meals are better than low carb meals. What works for a type 2 diabetic is the main point. To stay healthy, I think that it is very important for a t2d to know how to avoid hypoglycemia. Type...
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    LOW CARB SUCCESS STORIES

    Oldvatr, The last time I checked, my story is now on page 3. Please scroll down and click on page 3. The date of the article was June 18, 2916. For the information of the person who asked, most of my past A1c's were between 5.2% and 6.3%, the last one done in April 2016, was 5.8%. Thanks...
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    LOW CARB SUCCESS STORIES

    I have been a very high carb type 2 diabetic in all the more than 25 years that I have had the disease. But this is not to say that low carb high fat diet is bad for me or for anybody else. It just happened that I love carbohydrates very much. May I invite your attention to this link...