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    Ban called for chocolate price promotions in bid to curb obesity

    It has already become uncivil.
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    Type 2 How long does temptation last?

    I had avoided many "naughty" treats by thinking I won't have it now but if I still want it later I'll eat it. Usually I just forget...
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    Ban called for chocolate price promotions in bid to curb obesity

    Um. They are Australians too and yes it is THEIR land.
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    Type 1 What was type 1 treatment like 20-30 years ago?

    Spotted this lovely song today about the first person who was treated with insulin.
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    Butter?

    I'm going to give it a try. See if I can "taste the difference" LOL
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    Butter?

    What's special about Kerry gold?
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    Fluctuating symptoms

    The sugar in fruit is still sugar though
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    What items do you pay the VAT on in the UK?

    You don't pay VAT on doctors visits because you don't pay to go to the dr.
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    Fluctuating symptoms

    Well my mum believes in Korean Fan Death and homeopathic placebo pills. Merely giving birth does not confer on one a medical degree.
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    Prediabetes

    FODMAPs and diet advice is NOT homeopathy.
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    Prediabetes

    Yep I am exactly the same. My most recent HbA1c which flagged me as pre-diabetic was the same as what I had in 2012 but back then it wasn't a thing. The nurse said with my risk factors I could become diabetic in 2 years time or in 20 years time so i said well go for the latter one LOL. I have...
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    Moving Country or Traveling for a Long Time

    If you go to Australia you should be covered by Medicare under a reciprocal arrangement with the NHS
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    Squeezing finger

    Annoying I've found the side of my fingers that's away from me gives blood more easily than the side facing me. So I'm contortioning my hand awkwardly to get the blood onto the strip...
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    Type 1 T1D developing lactose intolerance

    I'm Chinese and in my early 20s I started reacting poorly to milk. Would feel queasy an hour after having it, have to go to the loo (etc, you know). I avoided milk for about 3 years but then it just went away. *shrug* the human body is a mysterious thing I have dairy now fine (lol except it...
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    Coffee Q - cream?

    Oh so it should just basically be the top layer of thick milk fat that floats to the top of my milk bottle!
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    fat tracker

    The food database is the same for premium or free.
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    Coffee Q - cream?

    I currently get home delivered full fat milk in bottles. Had a browse through my local dairy's web portal and they will deliver double cream too. Might give it a try next week!
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    Which coffee machine do you use ?

    Aeropress!!! I get whole beans on a subscription that delivers through my letterbox and grind every 2 days.
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    Wear a bracelet that says you have diabetes!

    I once worked with someone who liked to comment on everyone's food choices, especially if you were overweight. She had previously been fat and was now very slim so that's why I suppose. The final time she commented on my chips at lunch I said to her "if I want someone to comment on my food...
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    Coffee Q - cream?

    Hello I see a lot of people having coffee with cream for/at breakfast. I normally have my morning coffee black or if I'm at a cafe I will have a flat white or latte. When people say "cream", exactly what do they mean? (Can someone link me to the item at Tesco for example, I've never bought...