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....dried fruit to be exact. Well, sort of. Last year, before MH was diagnosed, I soaked some dried cranberries in Macallan. Quite a lot of Macallan. A year or so later the cranberries have absorbed most of the whisky. I think the cranberries are sweetened with sugar as opposed to sweeteners...

Since MH's diagnosis back in February, we have been on a low carb diet. Not ultra low carb, but maybe under 50g a day. MH eats more carbs than I do, I seem to have a lower tolerance, so I usually eat between 30 and 40g a day now, but I was eating under 20g to start with. I take vitamin...

Breakfast Loaf I've been eating low carb apple cake for breakfast. It's great to just grab a slice and butter it. So I thought I'd make one that was a bit heartier, a bit more breakfasty. This one is about 6g carbs per slice and very filling. You can use all almonds or the almond/flax/soy...

A while back I posted because I was feeling wavy davy when I stood up quickly. It was suggested that I was lacking sodium so I started to grab a salty snack and I believed that helped. But things are getting worse. However, my blood tests came back 'normal' for sodium and this week has been a...

I have to go for a fasting blood test. This is primarily because of my hypothyroidism, but the new GP wants a full spectrum so they will be testing for glucose too. I'm guessing this will be an HbA1c test. How will they know if I'm a diabetic, I've been on <30g carbs since the beginning of...

in life....... ..like Gaelic coffee! Mmmmmm.... What do you call a Gaelic coffee without the Gaelic? And don't say coffee.... I think it's less than 1g carb without the alcofrol! Ju

I bake bread at home for MH. I'm trying to add something that will make it much lower G.I. We use a Lidl bread mix that is 49g carbs per 100g. The bag makes two loaves from a kilo so 490g carbs, minus 104g fibre = 386g carbs. To this I add 150g H&B Omega seed mix which has 44.4g carbs minus...

MH has just got his cholesterol levels, I think the overall level is 5.8 (lower than on diagnosis) HDL 1.4 LDL 4.0 I don't have the trigs. The doc wants to haul him in and talk about his Statins......he stopped taking the Simvastatin as he doesn't agree with him. What else can we do...

This morning MH went for a full spectrum blood test. He had to fast for 12 hours prior to his 9.40am appointment. When he got to the doctors, there was a mix up and they had him booked in for 9.40am tomorrow, not today, even though his appointment card said today. They sent him home and told...

This morning my husband (MH) has been in to see our DSN. She gave him the results of his one and only HbA1c - 5.7. Well, that's a great result! BUT then she says she doesn't think he is diabetic after all. However, "once diagnosed as a diabetic you cannot be undiagnosed even if it was a...

Hi Guys Does anyone else gain weight whilst being in Ketosis? According to my scales I've gained six pounds in a week. My jeans don't agree with this, they're still hanging off me. Don't really want to buy new scales but I will if needs must....I'm on about 50g carbs a day, and the Ketostix...

Resveratrol There you go, another one to ponder. Whilst researching the uses fo Gram flour as suitable flour for an alternative pizza base, I came across a young woman, posting on a forum, whose signature said she had lost a lot of weight following the JUDDD diet. I followed a link to that and...

This afternoon I'm dog tired, so as I was too knackered for anything physical I started to read up about DHEA. I'm now thoroughly confuddled - is it or is it not good for T2s? So many conflicting reports........... What do we feel about using DHEA, does any one on the forum take it and do you...

Guys, I need some help. The low carb diet has been going well - I had lost almost a stone (bar 2lbs) but I have some side effects (?) A typical day's diet goes something like this; Greek Yoghurt with berries. Ham, cheese & coleslaw for lunch. Dinner might be chicken in sauce with broccoli...

It's taken ages to get our surgery to give us a copy of the blood test results used to diagnose MH's T2 diabetes. I thought there would be an Hb1Ac test result but it appears this test wasn't carried out - is that usual? We'd appreciate some help in trying to figure out these; Serum...

Soapbox moment, sorry. Agghhhhhhhh! Just spent huge amounts of money on hospital parking charges, were kept waiting for three quarters of an hour (not good with someone who can't sit/stand for long) only to see the same dietician that MH bumped into last Thursday on his Living with Diabetes...

Having, I thought, perfected IanD's fabulous porridge recipe, I was sitting enjoying my bowl of it when I thought I would check the carb count thoroughly. My porridge today has; 2 Dsp ground amlonds 2 Dsp ground flaxseed (mixed light & dark) 2 Dsp Coconut Flour 2 Dsp mixed seeds (sunflower...

I was just pondering, whilst eating my delicious supper (thanks Defren!) about will power. I've tried quite a few diets. I'm not a career dieter or a yo-yo dieter. I haven't lost much, or any, weight with other diets I've tried; cabbage soup diet, ultra low calorie etc. and I've given up within...

As I type, MH is at an Education Day for his T2. I sent him a text to find out how it was going. He says they've threatened to throw him out for being a low-carb deviant, the dietician has taken him to one side to 'advise him in the strongest possible terms' how dangerous a low carb diet is...

Our new chicks, hatched over the passed few days...supposed to be chickens, but I think they're secretly penguins! Julia