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  1. peps1

    lentils good or bad?

    I have had a huge relapse in my low carb diet since Christmas, we are talking full on pasta binges. Since getting back on the wagon, I'm getting a little sick of my fish and broccoli staple, and was wondering if lentils in small quantity with other veg could be a good option? I see they are...
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    low carb high fiber?

    Hey guys, Just looking for some tips of high fiber foods, as all the foods I know to be high in fiber are also hight in crabs........with the exception of Broccoli, but already feel like im going to turn into a ******* Broccoli!!!!
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    OK, what I'm I meant to stick my ham between???

    RALLY missing ham salad sandwiches!!!!! Is there some substitute bread, wrap, pita that wont send my BG sky high?
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    Whats better quinoa or brown rice?

    just doing the weekly shop, and wonder what will likely have less effect on my BG, quinoa or brown rice?
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    cake.......

    Was my girlfriends birthday, and I had a slice of cake (mmmmmm chocolate cake!). Now Iv only been diagnosed a couple of months, so really working on getting my numbers down, going low carb and testing my BG ALLLLL the time to try and get and handle on that foods do what to me. I was total...
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    What is a safe T2 blood glucose level?

    See the International Diabetes Federation recommend pre prandial of 4 to 7 mmol/L, and post prandial of under 8.5 mmol/L But at how high a mmol/L before you are doing damage?
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    had pasta but no spike?

    Was diagnosed type 2 a couple of months ago, and have been on a low carb diet ever since, and with the help of metformin have got my levels down from 15-25 to 5.9-9 range. But, eating with friends last-night I had a small bowl of pasta, and 2 hours later my levels were the same ( 7.8 ), and...
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    School me on sweets!

    love me some sweets, and as wondering can someone school me on what to go for, and what to avoid? Iv tried the Sula and Werther´s Original Sugar Free, but they seem to be 100% crab action! Not a huge fan of hight coco dark chocolate, so having trouble finding my sweet treat.
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    Gravlax?

    I LOVE cured fish, and up until being diagnosed T2 I would make my own Gravlax most weeks Side of salmon half cup of sea salt Half cup of light brown soft sugar :cry: tablespoon white pepper 1 bunch fresh dill, chopped Splash of vodka or aquavit So short of building my own smoke house to...
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    Sweet potato revelation

    Only been diagnosed for a month, so have been totally lamenting about how I will never be able to eat anything stodgy and filling food again. But last night I had mashed sweet potato with chicken, and not only was it delicious, it had zero impact on my BG :clap: Any other stodgy diabetic...
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    Best time to exercise

    Hey guys and girls, Was just wondering when the best time to exercise is? (lucky enough to have a treadmill, so wondering when best to hit it now) My BG are highest in the morning, so should I exercise in the evening when they are lower (or will that just push my morning levels even higher?)
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    a couple of noob questions

    Hey guys and girls, I just been diagnosed with T2, and was wondering about a couple of things. Iv been on Metformin for a week (Just built up to 500Mg x3 day) and my prick tests have gone from about: +16mmol/L pre prandial 25mmol/L post prandial And now 9-15 on the Met and having gone...
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    Can infection cause a high mmol/l?

    Hello guys, Have been suffering from abdominal pain, so my GP took a urine test and it showed blood and glucose. As a result I was prescribed antibiotics for a suspected urinary tract infection. The fact glucose was also found was a little worrying, so I have been booked in for a blood test...