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Hi all, Hubby is type 2. Has been for a few years, managed with diet alone so far. Weight had been creeping up, as has his sugar levels. I want to try the low carb diet with him and he has agreed. Am I best to go straight in for a couple of weeks really low, 20 net carbs a day and then relax a...

Thanks, just checked the cupboard and it is the splenda one I used so will have to give the canderel one a try. I have also seen xylitol in Asda, is that any good?

Hubby is type 2 and controlling it with diet alone. He has got quite a sweet tooth so I have been using fructose when making him the odd treat but have recently heard something that says its not good for us. Is this true, and has anyone else got any other suggestions as to what to use, he...

Thanks both. Have just tried a recipe in which I used coconut cream and when it relly didn't look anything like I suspected it should I assumed it must be different. Will be taking a trip to h&b tomorrow or logging onto amazon where I have just found it.

I am quite new on here and checking out some of the delicious sounding recipes. Is coconut cream the same thing as coconut oil in recipes to cook with? If not where can I get coconut oil in the UK, I can't seem to find it anywhere.

My hubby was diagnosed at the beginning of this year. At first we went really low carb with him. He was having eggs for breakfast, usually scrambled with cheese. Salad or home made soup for lunch, and low carb dinner such as roast chicken with loads of veg but no potatoes for tea. He lost...

Any bread used to send my hubby sky high on his readings but today I have made my own using agave syrup instead of sugar and wholemeal flour and he hasn't had any rise at all. This is great for us as I love making bread and the kids love eating my home made bread so now maybe he can join us for...

Hubby has been to see the GP for a normal blood test follow up today and once again she has tried to get him to go onto Metaformin, instead of controlling it with diet and exercise alone. She has told him she has recently been on a course and all type 2 diabetics are recommended to be put onto...

Hi I am the wife of a recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic. He is just 40, and was very overweight (lost 3 stone in the 3 months since diagnosis and still loosing). We are confused about how he is actually doing and I thought some of you out there might be able to help. When he was first...