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  1. Rose88

    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Morning. Wednesday 13.6 Thursday 11.7 Friday 9.3
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    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    13.6 yesterday 11.7 this morning
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    Ulceractive Colitus & Type 2

    This is a great site https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/support There’s So much info regarding colitis, symptoms, treatment etc. They also have a great support line, I’ve contacted them several times. I found out through one of the advisors that most hospitals have a IBD nurse specialist...
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    Thank you! I have all these ingredients because I was planning on making granola tomorrow, I've never thought of adding cocoa powder or chocolate to the mix before ... what a great idea :)
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    Hello @Rachox I'm loving the sound of your menu, in my previous life as a non diabetic I use to love jaffa cakes! Is the LC chocolate granola a DD recipe or something else?
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    Ulceractive Colitus & Type 2

    Hi @H7DNA I would definitely encourage you to go to your GP and consultant and tell them your concerns. There are other meds for diabetes other than metformin, for someone with these issues even the SR metformin can cause problems. Are you going through a colitis flare up now? If you are...
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    Curry

    I often make a curry with cauliflower, and mixture of spinach, green beans, courgettes, mushrooms and sometimes throw in paneer or tofu, you could substitute meat instead. I eat this with with full fat greek yogurt as a side dish. I don’t do cauliflower rice as a separate dish but just add the...
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    Newcastle Diet And Insulin

    Thats Brilliant news! Its very inspiring to hear that as a type 2 on insulin, you've come off the injections and lost weight. Well Done.
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    Yesterday I had B. Cardamom tea with a bit of cream L. Tofu & cheese bake D. Wasnt very hungry but couldn't resist the warm Pecan & Almond cookies that I'd just baked.
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    Sorry for the delay in replying... finally got access to my laptop. I love this spice in everything.... If I'm using cardamom pods then I'll add 3 opened pods to a mug and make tea as usual. if using ground cardamom then i only add a pinch as its quite strong, otherwise I add just 1 Chai...
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    B. Coffee with cream. L. Veggie sausage and mushrooms. D. Chickpea flour & almond veggie omelette type thingy with spinach ... a variation to my usual chickpea omelette. To reduce the carbs I added half each of chickpea flour and ground almonds .... this ones for keeps.
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    Hi, its just tasty black tea and ground cardamoms in a teabag... and thats all the "magic ingredients" there is :) there are other flavours too with ginger, cloves, cinnamon ... slightly stronger taste tho. The teabags are so handy to take to work, its nice with or without milk. I'm not sure...
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    Hello Brunneria I use 1 Chai Xpress aromatic cardamom teabag, I get mine from Sainsburys. I've tried various brands but find this one has the most cardamom and nothing artificial... throw into a mug, add boiling water and top with milk to taste. Adding a little cream instead of milk is even...
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    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    B Cardamom tea with milk. L Cauliflower & broccoli creamy cheese bake ... very filling and delicious D Will be spinach & paneer curry ... nothing on the side.
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    Type 2 Life

    Morning, I've not been able to post for awhile as I had been rushing around and caring for my mum who was unable to get out of bed for a week due to back ache and lung infection and then last week I 'did my good knee in' it swelled up like a ballon and I still cant put any weight on it. Dr...