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Have posted this on the general question section, but thought maybe I should pose my query here so apologies for repetition! Anyway, bit of advice from our expert members if you would. I have been type 2 for 20 years and manage my own diabetes well. I have also helped a lot of friends and family...

There was a sensible, and sensitive, discussion topic about the pros and cons of being open on the subject of diabetic complications. I'd have thought this was a key issue for debate on this forum. Their was no aggro, and it has disappeared. Did I miss something, or can someone tell me what...

Just tested 2 hours after brekkie. Had my normal BIG bowl of mini shredded wheat and crunchy farmhouse bran, semi-skimmed milk, two coffees with milk and sweetener, and SMALL glass of orange juice (normal juice) Remarkably, I get away with that in the morning and have at least half my daily...

For you chocoholics, like me, this might be new. I have given up on eating my old favourite chocolates like orange creams, and have settled for the occasional bit of dark chocolate (not my favourite, but needs must) because strong dark chocolate can be down in the low 20's grams of sugar per...

Is this new super slow site designed to stop arguments on threads, by making people so bored waiting for a response that they can't be bothered to send the snippy reply they otherwise would have?

Most people will have heard the saying "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" This quote came from MAIMONIDES, AKA Mosheh ben Maimon, AKA Moses Maimonides. Born in Spain in 1135, he was one of the pre-emiinent scholars and physicians of...

Read an article on this Diet. The idea is that you spend one day fasting, although even on that day you can eat 600 calories, and the next day you eat whatever you want. This obviously isn't a diabetic diet (the "eat whatever you want" would be too good to be true!) but one aimed at long-term...

So, we had many discussions about advice on eating carbohydrates, culminating in Desidiabulum posting a thread "something must be done" I talked about this with a friend of mine who has recently reduced his carb intake on health grounds, and he wrote to the Rt Hon Sir George Young at the house...

We have many discussions on here about the lack of understanding amongst health care professionals of the need for reduced carbs for a diet only/metformin controlled type 2 - indeed, a lack of understanding amongst many in the whole health and diabetic community. Then it struck me. Something to...

I've noticed that in the TV series, Wallander and his mates seem permanently depressed and miserable, and walk around in permanent rain. I know how they feel now!

There have been many discussions on this forum, some quite heated, about whether or not a Type II on diet only (with or without metformin) can have a hypo. The issue here concerns the definition of a hypo. Hypo is simply short for hypoglycaemia which means low blood sugar. Anyone, diabetic or...

Hi! A new member, Diana Chui, has posted a question on this on the end of another members introduction. The link is below, so maybe some of you guys can help. I can't as i don't use insulin. viewtopic.php?f=20&t=30680#p293089 Cheers!

Well, it is for me anyway. The holy grail for lots of us is "proper bread". Most of us eat Burgen because of the low carbs and GI, although the taste and texture isn't perhaps quite the same as "real" bread. But I've just found a new bread in Sainsburys. It's Sainsburys own "Taste the...

We all know the thinking of many (including HCPs) that being fat causes T2 diabetes. The fact that 80% of T2s are overweight is used to prove this. So here's a thought on the subject. I think the 80% bit tends to make things sound too definitive; "80% is a large number and thus proves T2 is...

So, my wife does great home made curries, and I like the Indian restaurant "proper" ones. But sometes, you need convenient. Tonight, we shared a TIN of Sainsburys chicken Jalftezi. Really nice! Proper chunks of chicken. Spicy. Enough for two, but not BIG for two. Good. And, just 7 gram carbs per...

So, made some chocolate brandy truffles. Very easy, Really nice, and only 1.6 grams carbs per quite large choccy. Had two, and really scrum. Have recipe if interested.

So, at a wedding this weekend I had a long chat with the son of a very good friend. He is a fourth year medical student. As such, it won't be that long before he's sitting in the GP chair advising us diabetics, and diagnosing new ones. He is young, bright and passing exams with flying colours...

No, not talking about another diabetic complication. Just found Baxters ****-a-leekie soup at 2.8 grams carbs per half can. Pretty good!

There was a thread on this, but can't find it now. Anyway, just got my results and got 5.7%. :thumbup: So Quite pleased, but interestingly I used the "Nathan" formula on my true average BG and it suggested I should be 5.6%, so pretty **** close. Also interesting, my surgery didn't even HAVE the...

Just to let you know, as a proud Dad; my older Daughter, DOCTOR Rebecca, (rest of us in family too thick to have that moniker) has just been announced as Principle Ecological Consultant for an environmental organisation. :clap: She does strange things like tracking Badger's poos, weighing...