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    Green tea - the good, bad and plain ugly

    Try a young hyson tea, loose leaf, decent teapot, water under boiling point, and don't steep it too long. Drink it without any additions, no milk no sugar, but if you must a slice of lemon. Wilkinsons of Norwich can supply a good selection of teas and tisanes by post, not the cheapest but good...
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    Alcohol

    Probably too much at any time, think about your liver.
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    Gullon sugar free snacks

    I haven't tried gullon but this company stocks sweet and savoury snacks if that's what you want, but it is probably best to not eat snacks at all. www.avidlite.co.uk
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    Gliclazide on a low carb diet

    Low carb and gliclazide can and do work together but it is a drug that can and will make you hypo. You need a meter and need to test before and after meals and at any time you feel a little funky. You also need to carry glucose tabs., jelly babies or something similar to take you out of a hypo...
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    Grandpa does not want to visit the doctor

    You could see if he will at least have an Hba1c done to monitor the trend of his glucose level and possibly the eye test and foot review. That way you can see how his diabetes is progressing. I believe that lifestyle advice is required as part of surgeries performance targets, mine have given...
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    Dream Fields Pasta - Is It Too Good To Be True?

    Try this it works for me: Low Carb Soy Flour Pasta/Noodles (serves 3-4) 150 gr soy flour 50 gr gluten 2 tsp salt 2 large eggs 2 tsp oil 3 Tbsp warm water Mix the soy flour, gluten and salt well in a mixing bowl. Add the other ingredients, mix well with your hands, the traditional way, or with...
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    Show me your Breakfast

    Black coffee and two small slices of low carb toast after 12Hr fast. 1.2 grm carbs total.
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    What's acceptable in glucose meter descrepensies

    As said above meters have an accuracy tolerance of +/-15%, what this means in practice is a reading of 10 may actually be 11.5 or 8.7 or anything in-between. So a reading of 17 could be 19.6 or 14.7 or anything in between. The first problem you have comparing meters and Libra is that the Libra...
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    Gliclazide

    Blood sugars dropping is a good sign, that the current regime is working and doctors will not prescribe insulin just for the hell of it if other medications and/or lifestyles are working. I've not used it but from what I read here it can be complicated so simple is best. Insulin can also be life...
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    Gliclazide

    I have used gliclizide in conjunction with metformin and it worked to reduce my Hba1c considerably. The reduction in blood glucose made me far less tired and allowed more exercise to be taken. Whilst abroad on an extended trip I started to experience regular nighttime hypos and decided to reduce...
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    HOW TO TREAT DIABETES

    As he did not reference it I think he is a troll
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    Shrove Tuesday

    You could try these: Lower-carb and Gluten-free Pancakes Makes 6 · Serves 3 225g almond flour (almond meal) 2 eggs 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract 1⁄2 tsp. salt 155ml water 1 tbsp. salted butter or coconut oil Cook for 2 minutes on the first side, flip, and cook for a remaining 1-2 minutes...
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    New Diagnosis Confusion

    “ I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant” ― Alan Greenspan
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    Sugar in Wine?

    Stick to Chablis
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    Managing sugar levels during long distance cycling

    Not specific to cycling but it contains some useful references: THE GUIDE BOOK TO OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES: A quick guide to your optimum endurance performance with type1 Diabetes Kindle Edition by Anders Forsberg
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    Advice needed

    You profile says you are male but not your age, ask your doctor for a PSA test
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    Type 2 Algave

    No not safe at all it's about 70 - 80% sugars mostly fructose and glucose.
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    What do you eat for breakfast & before bedtime?

    Breakfast black coffee, low carb bread toasted, butter. Nothing after my evening meal at about 19:00Hrs
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    Prediabetes Honey

    At 83 I would say reduce potatoes, rice, pasta etc., use a meter to test before and after meals to see the effect of the food and cut out those which raise your blood glucose too high.
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    Prediabetes Honey

    Honey is pretty well 100% glucose, glucose is sugar so no you shouldn't.