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    Home blood prick tests - a waste of time?

    As a nerdy type, I finger prick tested on waking up, before every meal, 90 minutes after every meal and before bed. I recorder and weighed all food and was able to find patterns. The Lifestyle clinic (NHS in South Wales) helped with video sessions on sugar, metabolism and so on. It turns out I...
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    Type 1 & ADHD

    Hi Lauren as an adult that did have type 2 - I know completely different to type one but I do have ADHD so get some of those issues as well. If your son is into charts and visual stuff you could perhaps help him with a food chart. I had a spreadsheet so that I could record the food and the the...
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    In Remission (Type 2 )

    As someone else also in remission, I agree with the above, mine was a low carb diet, cutting out bread, pasta, rice, pastry. Not too hard to do due to my gluten intolerance and it worked wonders for IBS too. I have not cut back too much on calories due to having to have 2 lots of major surgery...
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    What was your T2 diagnosis experience like?

    I got a text asking me to attend for a Diabetes Review, have never spoken to a doctor, nurse said I would be starting Metformin immediately - I said no, so then she referred me to the NHS Clinic in my area that does Lifestyle changes (low carb), just over a year later my BG is normal, I feel...
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    Sauces

    Does anyone have ideas for sauces and salad dressing that are low carb/keto?
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    GI

    Hi all, I'm in the prediabetic range, doing low cal, almost keto diet. Getting different results for the same food on different days. Anyone else have this?
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    WORD ASSOCIATION GAME 4

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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    Hi yet another newb here, prediabetic after going below the threshold last year. I am so lucking to have an NHS Clinic that does low carb and keto diets, marvellous. I'm 68 have a heart condition and lung condition so exercise is difficult. I've dropped the big carbs, spuds, pasta, rice and...