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Having had great success with the 8 week blood sugar diet and then low carbing my weight loss has stalled over the last couple of months, so although I've dabbled with 16/8 fasting, I recently read Dr Jason Fung's Complete Guide To Fasting and this clarified for me that I needed to add in OMAD a...

Hi all, Reporting back from my 3-months since diagnosis appointment with my nurse today. She was really pleased and amazed about my latest HbA1c of 42, from a high of 72 at the end of December. I had typed up a few notes of what I'd done to show her (in a nutshell - 2 months of Blood Sugar...

Hi all, I got my 3 month review HbA1c test results back today - from a high of 72 at diagnosis in January I've now dropped to 42 - so the lowest end of prediabetes. As I phoned for my results the receptionist said my nurse had written by the result "Much improved - well done!". My nurse is...

Apologies if this is already posted elsewhere, but I found this an interesting, and although I don't eat out much myself, frankly scary, read: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/29/eating-out-increases-levels-of-phthalates-in-the-body-study-finds

Just as my thread title says really - If a 2 hour post-meal rise is less than 2 but remains around 1 higher for longer than 2 hours, does this matter? eg. pre-meal 5.2 - at 1 hour 7.2 - at 2 hours 6.5 - at 2 and a half hours 6.1 then sometimes remaining at 6 for 3-4hours post-meal. My meals...

Anyone else hear the diabetes debate on Jeremy Vine show on R2 today? Apologies if someone else has already posted about this, but here's the link on iplayer if anyone wants to listen to it:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09s8g4z I found it a bit scaremongering, the most positive parts were...

Not so much a discussion, more a "If I see another article where someone is shown pricking the tip of their finger, not the side, I think I'll scream!" Not only that, the models are usually smiling as they pretend to prick their finger, like it's the flipping highlight of their day! :banghead...

Calling all fasting gurus! I'd really like to have a go at doing the odd day of intermittent fasting, but I am wondering, will this make my fasting bloods higher? I get a liver dump when I wake up and if I don't eat breakfast my bg keeps rising, especially if I'm busy rushing around. Should I...

Hi all, Sorry to post this so soon after another cholesterol thread, but just had the results of a repeat FBC, which came back normal (white cells low last month due to virus) but apparently they took my cholesterol again and it has gone from 3.9 (hdl 0.9, ldl 3) at end of December to 5.6 end...

Hi all, my bog-standard packet of multivitamins from Boots says on the back to consult GP first before taking them if you have diabetes (among other conditions listed) - anyone know why vitamins could be a problem?

I've been LCHF for around 7 weeks now - have lost 20 pounds in this time. I had a good weight loss of 2.5 pounds this last week, but my fasting glucose has gone from mid 5s to low 6s in the last week or so and can sometimes be 6 before meals now - but the rise in bs 2 hours after meals has...

Hi all, for those of using My Sugr, can I ask do you find it an accurate prediction of HbA1c? I've only been recording for a week, averaging 5-6 tests a day - and the HbA1c estimate so far is great, but I don't feel I've given the app nearly enough info yet to get too excited - how many...

Well I thought I was doing pretty well with my 2 hour after meal readings - then decided to take @Bluetit1802's advice and test 1 hour after eating as well - just did 1 hour after admittedly a deliberately higher carb meal - homemade lentil soup - as I wanted to see if I could manage it. I panic...

So I have started testing today - soon after waking 5.5 then 2 hours after breakfast 5.5 again. My breakfast was tsp coconut oil, scrambled eggs, 1 avocado and 5 cherry tomatoes. So thought it was a safe bet. Will be interesting to see how lunch with a bit more carbs affects things. I have...

Hi, I've been diagnosed T2 this week, but have been LCHF for a month now as soon as I realised a diagnosis was likely. I have resorted to eating a bit of salmon and tuna to increase my protein options which feel quite small so far; tofu, plain soya yogurt, eggs, eggs and more eggs and houmous...

Hi, I was diagnosed this week with type 2. I was alerted by a nutritionist I went to see for weight loss advice who did a finger prick test. After visiting this site and reading the advice on low carb, plus reading the Blood Sugar Diet by Michael Mosley, I reduced my carbs to under 100g a day -...