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I have made some ice cream tonight with 70 percent dark chocolate, greek yoghurt and double cream. It tastes great and has a good texture, but the yoghurt gives it a really citrussy taste, which is fine, but not what I was after. I am thinking of trying to make a custard based ice cream with...

I am not on medication (T2), and I am controlling my blood sugar by diet and lifestyle changes. HbA1c of 82 on diagnosis, last HbA1c 42 after 4 months. I am fine tuning my diet at the moment, with several aims: reducing insulin resistance lowering blood sugar improving the immune system weight...

I am finding nuts a tasty and nutritious part of my low carb diet, but I am moving away from the shelled variety as they are just too easy to overeat. I have bought some shell on nuts lately and take ages to eat them as they need to be cracked first and then, fairly often, the nut needs to be...

I have just been looking at the Diabetes.org.uk site at food recommendations, after following a clickbait link on Facebook about the signs of foot damage for diabetics. I am now feeling really angry at their recommendations to eat carbs with every meal, and low fat everything. If I ate like...

Last week I had my first annual review on the 23rd August, 4 months after I was diagnosed with a HbA1c of 82. My new result is 42 - so only just into pre-diabetes territory. I went off the rails a bit during the 2 weeks before the test due to lots of stressful life events - my Mum was...

I have just had my first annual diabetes review with the nurse. I haven't got my HbA1c result back yet, but I have results for the other blood tests taken. All are within normal levels but the Serum Lipid Levels test result is classed as borderline, and results are as follows: Serum cholesterol...

I have been having a think about how to tackle visceral fat. I have been looking at the Newcastle Diet, and wondering whether I could do that. My main issue with it is not the calorie restriction, but the idea of shakes, which makes me want to hurl just thinking about them - I like real food...

I thought I would share some good news I got today, as I know some people find it hard reading posts about the difficulties we face as people with diabetes. I got my letter with the results for my retinopathy examination today, and felt rather apprehensive when opening it. One of my biggest...

Has anyone got experience of exercise program referral from their GPs surgery or health provider/practitioner? I am seeing the (non-diabetic) nurse soon to get referred onto our local scheme, which involves group or individual activity programmes over 45 weeks. I only found out about it today...

I am currently eating (LCHF) to my meter to lower my blood sugars, which means generally having fasts of between 18 and 25+ hours. I am considering one meal a day (OMAD) as a longterm strategy for BG control as I found found it easy to do and less complicated than eating twice a day, which is...

I have been pootling around with a LCHF diet for the last month. My aims are to lower BG and to lose weight. I have struggled with portion size over the last 3 weeks, mainly to do with over eating due to stress, and as a result have only lost a few pounds after an initial big drop in the weeks...

I am newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (three and a half weeks in), and I am now in the middle of my third week of Low Carb High Fat eating. I am not on any drugs, having decided to try and lower my blood sugar with diet and exercise. I was prescribed Metformin, but I am reluctant to go...

I was diagnosed on the 27th of April with a HbA1c of 82. I had already started to make changes to my diet to cut out processed foods and make sure I was eating a balanced diet with a good mix of nutrients. A few days later I went to see the Diabetic Nurse, and asked for a blood glucose meter so...

After reading many other posts about people's experiences with T2 diabetes I thought I would do a post about how things have changed for me over the last four weeks. I was diagnosed with T2 on the 27th April, but I started changing my diet and exercising every day from the 15th April, when I...

I am new to this, and very recently diagnosed. I have just started to monitor my blood sugars and I have a bigger difference between pre and post food readings for my evening meal than my "break fast" meal. Could the timing be a factor? Other information: I am eating a LCHF diet. I tend to...

I am very newly diagnosed, and I have just started testing my blood glucose today. I tested when I woke up, and before meals - I also tested two hours after the first bite - is this right or should it have been 2 hours after finishing the meal? I was a very slow eater today, in both cases...

Hello - I am Allie, and I have been diagnosed very recently with T2. I am making lifestyle changes to get it under control, and so far I have no more HbA1c results for another couple of months, but I am feeling massively better already and my energy levels have gone from almost none to buzzing...

Hello, I am Allie, and I was diagnosed with T2 on 27th April 2018. I am very overweight, with most of the fat around my stomach, so if I only looked at the arms and legs I could kid myself that I was OK. That changed when we got wardrobes with mirrored doors. I asked my Doctor for blood tests...