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perhaps not there and then. What you can do is realise why they were so high and try to avoid repeating the cause - often the food you’ve chosen to eat - and having high levels repeatedly.

Now that’s a brilliant idea. Without the bread I haven’t had dippy egg 8n years but I think I just may tomorrow morning if I can find something to act as an eggcup. Thanks.

And briefly, I never questioned that. My post was intended to explain how testing can be more effective (or less effective) and better than no testing and wasn’t aimed at you personally Just the type of regime it “appeared” you were describing and frequently is advised. I’ll leave is there

I wasn’t suggesting you shouldn’t be impressed overall, nor that getting a couple of strips a day isn’t an improvement on none. I certainly didn’t mention anything about carb reduction, the rest of their care or how you should feel about it so I’m not sure where that came from in all honesty. I...

To be fair a random once or twice a day and without education is just as almost pointless as not monitoring at all. In both cases it’s because many drs don’t have a clue how to use testing for anything other than hypo avoidance or insulin dosing. To be useful you need to be able to take the...

Ooh new item that wasn’t on my list. Sadly nowhere near as low carb as the old triangles and at 1/4 carbs still too high for me.

Glad that it’s working for you but if it’s these (and it may not be but still possibly useful for someone) then the carbs are higher than normal bread! Or was it the triangles ones? I thought those were discontinued years ago. Please let us know where you got them if it is these ones as they...

And @ausGeoff My view about being harmful isn’t limited to diabetes, the macros, nor the short term response of blood glucose after a specific item. More about what it does to our whole body and it’s functionality over time. Eg the long term effects on our digestive system, livers (NAFLD for...

Totally agree about the upf. Exercise is a great choice if you can do it but not everyone can do enough to maintain control that way alone, and eat the carbs at the same time However carbs are undoubtedly an issue for those of us who are not insulin sensitive - as is the case for most true...

Only if you are on diabetic medications. Those managing by diet alone don’t qualify for the prescription exemption. (Those that do need the forms and certificate you mention rather than just getting it automatically)

Ah but it is in dispute. Not just by the many low carbers and their personal experiences I see online but by some of the other experts too. I’m not going to start a back and forth of papers between us though. You’re obviously able to look them up. As you saying differing expert opinions and...

As well as being ridiculous that counting alone without modifications could effect anything this is making the assumption one is on medication and is happy to be and has zero side effects. All big assumptions. And the fact that medication alone doesn’t reduce long term complications (hence being...

Between your statement and the quote there appears to be no benefit to reducing sat fat/LDL. Even if one accepts saturated fat raises LDL (not sure that I do because it didn’t mine and may others when I increased it hugely on keto) then does it matter in the least, if reducing sat fat (and...

Ferretin under 30 is considered absolute iron deficiency even by the nhs. Your dr needs more education along with many others. They have no answer for those in the gap between bottom lab number and 30! It’s taken me years to get to haematology and someone who pulls his hair out at his...

No idea about MD or type 1 but lots of experience with deficiency here. Are you certain it’s corrected as both of these cause fatigue amongst many other effects? (Same for b12 which if a vegetarian or vegan is likely to be low too) The nhs lab reference ranges for iron and D (and b12) are...

A year or so back I asked Lidl about the macros. Not great and not really any different to the other breads. (Although it does taste ok) 5300877 Low GI Multiseed Cob Ingredients Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin); Water; Sunflower Seeds (8%); Linseed (4%)...

Low carb is a totally different approach to the low fat we are all used to. The vast majority of us find that our cholesterol readings and far more importantly the breakdown of which type of cholesterol improves as does blood pressure, despite extra fats, so long as we cut the carbs right down...

Doesn’t look bad to me. Personally I’d swap the salad cream for mayo as it has less carbs/sugar. I’d have added some cheese probably as that fills me up more. And overall unless I’d eaten well earlier in the day would need more than that overall. But then I tend to only have two meals a day...

Roast dinner without the potato and parsnips are good x add extra meat and other veg. Stews are good but don’t add dumplings or potato, try turnip or swede as better (not perfect) alternatives. Cold meats with salad or veg instead of chips. If you want to see change you have be ready to make...

Can you get an air fryer (which is just a mini oven in reality nothing to do with frying) or something similar? Can either of you cook? At all? Microwave meals really aren’t that great as a regular choice. The green and orange labels don’t cover carbs, only added sugar. And carbs are what...