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    Steroids and antibiotics.

    I have been put on 40g Prednisilone and 3x500g Amoxicillin daily for 5 days into my 3rd day now. Doctor put me on these for chest infection which resulted from Flu. I have been following a resistant starch diet for over a year now (know that the Amoxicillin will kill of so much of the gut biome...
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    Big mistake

    Made a mistake today not calculating carbs in what I was about to eat, normally try to keep less than 50 grams. Anyways had 2 slices of Irwin's plain white batch bread with coleslaw and chicken breast. Took BG 1 hr later was 10.1 1 hr later again was 10.5 another 1 hr later was 6.5 When I seen...
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    One happy chappy

    Went to the mydiabetesmyway website to see if my blood results were back. They were better than I could have hoped for. I have been doin a Resistant Starch diet for a little over a year now. On this diet I have been eating aprox 1500 to 2000 calories. Macro breakdown Carbs 150- 200 grams Fat...
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    Resistant starch and BG readings.

    I bought a codefree BG monitor today. I havent used one for at least 10 years and going to record a week in my resistant starch diet starting tomorrow. Started the diet in August last year and my Hab1c came down from 76 to 45 last reading was 2 months ago. I have the chart made up and intend to...
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    Resistant Starch and Diabetes My story

    Hi my name is Tom and come from Johnstone, Renfrewshire. I am 64 years old and was diagnosed with type2 diabetes in 2007. My medication is 1 metformin twice daily. My hba1c was up and down in the first few years and was in control after that until 2 years ago when it started going up steadily...