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Sorry I seem to have got my ratings slightly wrong. They are: Triglycerides 0.8 HDL 1.3 LDL 3.6 My serum cholesterol is 5.3 And my serum cholesterol/HDL ratio is 4.1 Thanks for the reply. Where did you get those figures from? The ones quoted on this site are as follows: Total cholesterol...

Hello everyone, I'm a type 2, diagnosed in May 2012. I've reduced my blood sugar levels and initially got my cholesterol down to between the recommended level of 1-5 mmol/L, but my last blood test was just above that 5 - 5.3. What is the ideal cholesterol level for a type 2? What's your...

I think you've done really well. I changed my diet but didn't go lo carb and I managed to lose weight and get my BG levels down to normal. I really found that dropping bread was the biggest thing. If it's of any help, here's what I eat: 80g in weight of Shreddies, plus 250g of milk Small orange...

I actually think there's a really easy answer to your question. Just drop the bread at lunchtime. Have a big salad instead - it'll fill you up as well as a sandwich, and will reduce your carbs. For lunch, I have three veggie sausages - I'm a vegetarian - a boiled egg, a big pile of lettuce...

From the diabetes.co.uk link: "Furthermore, total recommended cholesterol levels should be under 5 mmol/L for people with type 2 diabetes." So that's a recommendation for diabetics.

I'm not shooting the messenger, I hope it doesn't come across like that. I think it's a perfectly reasonable question to ask - why does one site say 4 and another site say 5? The one that says 5 is for diabetics.

Well that's annoying... :lol: So one website says under 5, another website says under 4. I wonder why there's a discrepancy?

I did a fasting test, so I'll ask for the full breakdown. Where did you get the figure of under 4 for cholesterol from? I was told it should be under 5, which it also states here: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/features/diab ... terol.html

Just got the results of my third hba1c and cholesterol tests. My hba1c is still dropping, which I'm pleased with, but my cholesterol has gone up a little, from 4.5 to 4.7. I have been eating a bit more cheese recently, so I guess that would account for it. I could cut the cheese out, but am I...

I couldn't make it through the day if I didn't snack. I have peanuts in the afternoon and they work on two levels - one just being food, and secondly they're an appetite suppressant. They hit the spot much more effectively than fruit.

I have a pretty regular diet, in which I eat lunch at 12.30 and then have an afternoon snack of peanuts at 3.15. Today I was feeling a bit wobbly before my snack so I did a quick blood test and I was 4.7, which is pretty normal for me. I was under the impression that 4.7 is within the normal...

How often should i get a HbA1c test done? Is it every six months? My last one was in Sept, so I assume I'm due another one now, is that right? I've heard nothing from my GP, but I suppose you have to request one.

If you have to squeeze your finger to get a decent globule of blood, does that affect your BG rating? I've been finding recently that I don't get much blood coming out when I finger test, and I have to really squeeze a blood drop out. I usually test 4s and 5s, but I just tested 6.3 and I'm...

Thanks everyone. I ended up having a fairly regular curry in the end. A smaller amount of rice than I used to have - and home cooked wholegrain rice rather than ordered in - and then a bit of creamy vegetable/paneer dish, some mushroom bhaji and some tarka dahl, with a couple of small bits of...

Just about to order a takeaway curry - first one, post diagnosis - and I was just wondering what the verdict is on curries for diabetics. Are there any dishes that are particularly good for diabetics? And any that I should avoid? Are creamy sauces good or bad? I'm vegetarian, so hopefully that...

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop Thanks guys! I added a slice of wholemeal bread to my lunch - my first bread since diagnosis - and it didn't bump my BG and sorted out the hunger problem. And maybe that will help stablise my weight. It would be nice to get to the...

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop As for feeling better, I feel much better in terms of BG - I'd feel it acutely when my BG was high - but I don't feel so great since hitting this hunger patch. I've been ravenous all day and nothing I can do seems to satisfy me. I've...

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop No idea about protein but I'm a vegetarian so I've been worried about protein because eating too much cheese and eggs isn't great for the cholesterol levels. Now that I'm under 5 for cholesterol - which is what my doctor advised I...

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop Oh, and I dropped a waist size from 36 to 34.

Re: My first Hb1Ac result post diagnosis - do I need to stop Thanks guys. I was overweight when I was diagnosed - 14 stone 2 and six foot tall - but now I'm in the normal range. My BMI is 22.51. I'm in the upper third of the healthy range for BMI. I was aiming for the middle of that range...