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Not technically a snack, but I've found Green Tea (with another flavour involved!) lowers my blood sugar. I try and make it a "me" moment by sitting somewhere quiet and reading while I drink it. Also if my BS isn't as low as I'd like at bedtime, I have a cinnamon tablet. I'm wary of...

I sympathise as I have an underactive thyroid as well as T2 diagnosed Sept 2016. I've yo-yo dieted all my life bur have always been a grazer. I have been doing a LFHP diet but lost next to nothing, certainly for the sacrifices I've had to make! I briefly tried the LCHF way but it goes against...

I struggle a bit with breakfasts, after years of eating low fat to battle my weight. Found crumpets with butter don't spike my blood sugar, nor does 2 slices wholemeal bread. I know we're all different but even porridge and Weetabix cereals give high readings so I'm reluctantly having to give...

Hi, I'm new to this site, diagnosed T2 in Sept 2016. I'm on Metformin 500mg morning and evening. I did think sometime in December that my hair was looking a bit less dense than usual, but it seems ok now. I'm also on Levothyroxine, diagnosed underactive thyroid Dec 2016, so I suppose it...

As a relative newbie (T2 diag 6mths ago) I'm wondering how you can do fasting and how it affects your diabetes? I'm on Metformin and trying to do LCHF which is ok-ish for me but BG could be lower if I could stop having carbs for breakfast! Aren't we supposed to eat "little and often"? Is it...

I was diagnosed Sept 2016 and a friend advised me to get a test kit. I went to chemist to buy one and was advised that my GP should prescribe one. I rang the GP to be told "you don't need to test, you're on Metformin". Predictably I ignored them and bought it anyway, got all the supplies...