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    Type 1 Green tea

    I don't know about the science, I just drink various flavoured green teas because they don't come with calories or carbs, are an alternative to boring plain water or double-cream-laden coffee (delicious - but I try not to have too many per day), and have the comfort factor of being a 'hot drink'.
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    What's the biggest glucose spike you've had?

    16.6 mmol after I ate about a third of a large bag of Cadbury mini eggs I had bought for someone else! I live alone and normally never have chocolate in the house except 70-85% dark chocolate. I would probably have been around 5.8 mmol before I ate them. Came to my senses before devouring the...
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    Type 2 Low Carb Diet And Your Lifespan

    Oh, and in addition, I've lost 6st 3lb in the last 18 months on low carb - I wonder how many years that has added to my life?
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    Type 2 Low Carb Diet And Your Lifespan

    I'm no expert, but my immediate reaction when watching the news reports on life expectancy on a low carb diet was - as a T2 diabetic, if I were to abandon a lower carb diet the resulting high blood glucose levels would almost certainly lower my life expectancy by more than the 4 years the study...
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    Introduce Yourself: Answer Some Personal Questions

    Hi. I am a 63 yr old female and I was diagnosed T2 in June 2017, following some random high glucose readings during breast cancer treatment. Initially it was thought this was a result of some medications I was taking, but after clearing those from my system and re-testing fasting bg, the...