Search Results

OK I know the best solution is not to snack at all, but there are moments when you need something to keep you going. My best snack in terms of results (i.e. actually seems to send my bgs DOWN) is a celery stick smeared with lots of peanut butter (and you can go through endless varieties of...

Hi all, Long time no post. I realize that one reliable feature of the forum over the years is that there will always be several live threads about taking statins. So sorry for adding to the number, but I have a slightly different angle. After 2 angioplasties my very nice cardio surgeon put me on...

Hi all - hope everyone is safe and well. Haven't posted for a few years as nothing much to contribute. My eternally nice diabetes doctor is coaxing me into adding Gliflozin (STLT2 inhibitor) to my little cocktail of drugs. My instinct is always to avoid anything new if I have a basic...

If numbers are sticking at a high level and you're too busy to prepare a proper virtuous, non-processed low-carb meal, then try M&S chargrilled chicken & courgetti ready meal with a reasonable amount of veg -- quite filling and only 6g carbs. Knocks down overnight levels nicely and means you can...

Just passing by the forum as I do occasionally and seeing the goodbyes, bans and what not I have an awful sense of déjà vu. It’s impossible at a brief glance to work out what or who is behind it all, but some aspects seem eerily familiar. To stop the endless cycle of well-informed and...

Dear All, I just checked the new NICE guidelines (NG28) on blood tests for T2 and fell out of my chair. I'm pretty certain these represent a significant change of view (in the wrong direction, of course) but I can't put my hands on the previous NICE guidelines to check. Does anyone have them to...

'Trust Me I'm a Doctor' on BBC2 tonight will have a segment on apple cider vinegar reducing BGs and triglycerides. Don't be put off just because Scarlett Johansson washes her face with it....

Hi all. Several of our activist heroes have contacted me to let me know that they have already heard from the House of Commons committee after sending in their testimonial. @donnellysdogs has posted on the other thread about how her intervention has prompted an enquiry re provision of CGMs for...

Hi all: Just re-posting about making a submission to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Diabetes. Please think about writing a submission if you haven't already. The deadline is fast approaching (midnight on 31st July). This year the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Diabetes...

Hi all: This year the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Diabetes have launched a yearlong investigation under the theme "Diabetes Care: improving standards and reducing variation". To support their investigation they need to hear from people affected by diabetes, healthcare...

If you can't face cooking but want a tasty, low-carb meal, try the new M&S superfood cod and sweet potato bake. Only 16g carb and very filling. Worked for me, anyway. I know we're meant to avoid ready-meals and cook by ourselves with fresh ingredients, but sometimes the spirit is willing but the...

After years of fairly tight control my BGs have started going crazy -- suddenly leap to 14 (and always to 14 -- hadn't seen a number anywhere near that since diagnosis) for no discernible reason. Steroids are assumed to be the root cause and I have stopped taking them after discussing all this...

Ode to my fasting blood glucose level Behold my fasting BG score (High Court Judge of the night before): I’ve woken up with 8.1 And wonder what on earth I’ve done. What pleasures did I eat and sup To send my BGs so far up? No evil deeds my mind recalled To make my meter so appalled. How...

Hi all. I have had a crazy week with my BGs all over the place and have finally grasped why -- I was put on betamethasone for mouth ulcers. It hasn't helped the ulcers but it seems to have been responsible for sending my sugars sky-rocketing. My GP usually checks for this sort of thing, but has...

Hi all. Are there any ways that people have found to customize Mexican food so that it doesn't send bgs through the roof? I know it's not a very seasonal question but I can't eat turkey every day, and my better half is a non-diabetic American who pines for enchilladas

Lucky me -- I had permanently numb patches in my feet/heel for many years, but after diagnosis of severe B12 deficiency and a few years of treatment I have completely regained all my feeling. Of course, B12 is not diabetes, and I am lucky enough so far not to have nerve damage caused by...

Hi all. In the past I have added my voice to those who have reported no side-effects with Atorvastatin. But having been taking it for 2 years I am now getting constant pain and regular cramp in my hamstrings, which I have never had before. Just thought I should mention it. I am on statins for...

The article below, flagged on another site, suggest that cooking rice differently turns the starch from easily digestible (bad) to "resistant" (good). Resistant starch turns to glucose far slower, which would obviously be much better for keeping BG numbers under control. Has anyone tried this...

The Diabetic (a poem) O pity the lone diabetic Who contemplates a life ascetic And listens to advice dietic And complications prophetic, And knows that they are not bathetic; Tries to avoid all food synthetic, Whose cooking skills are yet pathetic; Who is not naturally athletic, Whose...

‘We are all different’ tends to be invoked rather often in forum threads, but people often use it to mean very different things. I have noticed the following different senses: 1. We have different types of diabetes, or were diagnosed at different times, or are at different stages of the...