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ok so I seem to be doing ok controlling my blood sugar with low carb high fat diet, everything seems hunky dory except my cholesterol has gone up to 5.8 and the drs has put me on Atorvastatin, I am unsure whether I need them and I’ve heard statins are bad. Before I was diagnosed with diabetes...

Friday I received my first 3 month test after being diagnosed and it was down from 56 to 28 and cholesterol 4.78, I am thrilled to say the least and so is my doctor but the dietitian was not! She said I should be eating rice, potatoes and other starchy foods per day, I said they spike me and she...

hi I've just received my Livlife low carb bread at just 3.8g of carbs per slice to try, anybody else tried this? It looks good!

Has anyone else hit a wall regarding food? I know there's loads of recipes and combinations of low carb high fat foods but I have become bored of food after only 4 weeks and I just eat (the right foods) to survive. I feel queasy after a few mouthfuls but finish the meal. Nothing really excites...

I regularly made easy mixed together ice cream and freeze recipes which are now bad for me, has anyone got a recipe which is diabetic friendly please Xx

I will start with Anvil

I have just received my first app with the foot doctor and it's a 40min app! What do they do?

hi I've just bought a bag of beef bones to cook for hopefully a beef tea drink to sip if hungry etc and I wondered if lambs liver is good for a LCHF diet. Any feedback would be great from anyone xx

Since I've been cutting right down on carbs etc 2/3weeks, I've been maybe twice to the loo, not like me at all, I'm usually once or twice a day The last three nights I've taken 2 tablets of Senokot and still not budged! Please help

I've always made soup before i found out I have type 2 using fresh veg, dried soup mix pulses, stock cube (sometimes stock from chicken carcasses) . Are dried lentils,pearl barley, split peas etc a no no?

Are the slices of prepackaged smoked salmon ok

help please, I have noticed I have one blurry eye last few days, what should I do? Only diagnosed 3weeks

hi I make my own homemade spaghetti Bol sauce with tinned toms, onion,herbs and garlic and a couple of fresh toms, can anyone tell me if this is bad for my diabetes type 2. I only have a small amount with butternut squash the cucumber things which I can't spell! I have always made this sauce...

I have read that having diabetes type 2 you just get sicker and sicker etc I only went for a smear with the nurse! I have only felt mentally sick since diagnosis a couple of weeks ago (I suffer depression and anxiety but was under control) and I was having large quantity of vodka just prior to...

we are a meat and two veg family, spag Bol with my homemade sauce, salad etc can you help with simple food recipes that I can have with the family without too much change, can I still have some gravy?And what about lunch packs? I know I can't have pasta, rice and spuds .

does everyone end up with complications?

i am going to a Desmond one day course next Thursday with my hubby, is this a good idea? My life is upside down at the moment with lack of sleep and depression, last night absolutely NO sleep at all again although the night before last I finally got over at 4am ish. I feel really low

since i was told I have diabetes t2 last thurs my depression and anxiety, which previously has been under control has reared its ugly head again My sleep has been nil to a few hours if very lucky. Last night at 4am after still not getting to sleep I had a teacup of semi skimmed milk to try and...

hi Last Thursday I found out from my Hb1ac blood test (54/56) I have diabetes. I spoke to the dr on the phone and asked him for the numbers. I have a 20 minute app this Thursday (the earliest they could do). It was a bit scary and over the last few days I have felt more and more anxious (sick...