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Etty, there are many diets which people choose to follow in the world of ME, the most popular being the anti-candida diet which is a carb restricted diet which goes beyond 'sugar free', and many people with ME choose to avoid foods associated with intolerances eg wheat and dairy. Another popular...

Nicola, thanks for your advice on the portable pedal exerciser. I can see how it can help with exercise in many conditions. With ME, it's not so much having difficulty doing certain movements that prevents exercise, but the debilitating baseline levels of indescribable fatigue that can be...

Angela, I also have ME and I am severely affected, housebound and unable to exercise. I'm low-normal weight so weight loss is not an issue for me. My only option is to control my diet, so I've spent the past 3 months learning how to 'eat to the meter' by doing my own readings before meals and 2...

I hope your appointment is worthwhile and that you finally get somewhere with your GP. Just a caution about the SD Codefree meter, I have one as a back up and generally speaking it's OK but I do find it tends to read slightly higher than the more expensive big name brands, and occasionally some...

LW, 17.0 is NOT normal. I'm shocked at your GP's lack of knowledge. Certainly on the print out of blood test results from my GP there is a reference to IFG (but not IGT). Whompa73, no-one is diagnosed by just one blood test, and the NHS diagnostic criteria states very clearly that that the...

You seem to be in the prediabetic zone. Your fasting numbers may well go in and out of the normal range at this stage. In fact, fasting numbers can remain 'normal' for years when your post meal blood sugars are higher than normal, but most people would never think to test as they believe that if...

You can only go by the numbers on the meter. Yes, I get fed up with it all because different people have different risk factors and are at different stages along the continuum when they discover they have a problem. Some people can reverse it if they lose enough weight if that was the cause of...

I wouldn't say researchers get it "wrong" as mostly they are seeking to answer questions through experimentation and inquiry. All they can say is "this seems to happen" but mostly they discover more possible lines of enquiry rather than absolute and definitive answers. I have more faith in...

mpe, you'll need to google the study and read it for yourself for the answers. The study is referenced in the ND papers. From what I remember, the BG levels rose as a result of the snack. The snack was at 8am, the breakfast at 10am. The conclusion was that the snack—in the terminology of the...

Yeah, exactly. More cut-and-paste quotes. I have read all it on the website. I don't have T1 or MODY/LADA, pancreatitis, a family history of diabetes, or any of that. I'm just a boring old prediabetic of the T2 variety, but without excess weight or metabolic syndrome risk factors. The ND is a...

No, don't give up! Keep your diet under control as best you can. If you are 7.8-11.0 you will at least be tested annually and the long term goal is to stop progression regardless of doctors etc. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

You're too fat, Gezza! :lol: Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Well, with our supermodel figures we'd work wonders for diabetes PR. :lol: Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Theres loads if info online if you google it. It's basically a crash diet for extreme weight loss, IF obesity is a factor in the first place. The most successful people lose 15+ kg or 20%(!!!!!!) of their body weight. If you're low-normal weight like me then it's hardly an option. Last time I...

Yorksman, the Newcastle Diet is NOT for everyone. Just how much more weight would I have to lose? My BMI is now 19.1 as a consequence of dietary control, possibly less as I don't weigh myself very often. As for weighing what you did at 21 as being the ballpark figure to aim for, I'm at that...

It's a very tough balancing act, isn't it? Eat enough but not so much it ups the BG levels, but make sure you're not on too much of a calorie deficit. Scream!! In running out of options. It's either insulin resistance due to lack of physical activity or it's loss of beta cells in my case. We...

Haha! Yes, but it's true. I saw my GP yesterday and told her all the advice re prediabetes is along the lines of "losing only 10% of your body weight" etc, and how on earth could I do that, and she remarked "there isn't a pick on you" and how I should not lose weight, which I agree with but i...

Someone mention my name? :lol: Reverse just means well controlled and achieving near normal numbers without the need for medication, but like Carol says, what helps depends on other factors. Being prediabetic, there are some concerns about high fat as lipotoxicty, in the presence of...

I think we all know that… Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

The trouble is that there are a lot of opinions, fad diets and pseudoscience online and it's very difficult to sort out what is good information and what is misinformation. Not only that, different people are diagnosed at different stages and have different contributory factors, so there is no...