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If he’s used to a bowl of cereal every morning, it might be hard to get him to switch to a completely different breakfast like eggs and yoghurt. You could try Paleo’s grain-free vegan granola. My favourite is their Berry & Almond variety: 14.8g carbs per 100g - and it’s delicious.

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For months I’ve woken up several times every night. The only ‘good’ nights were those aided by Boots’ Sleepeaze but I knew that taking sleep aids long term was not wise. So on Sunday, after just three hours sleep, I decided to cut my caffeine down to just one Yorkshire Gold Tea, at breakfast...

Will be interesting to see if anyone takes notice of this https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2018/nov/routine-vitamin-b12-screenings-urged-for-people-with-type-2-diabetes-taking-metformin-98271696.html

Thanks for your info Kitedoc but I still believe the possible link between metformin-B12-pernicious anaemia needs to be looked at more seriously. In the same section on Webmd you referred to, it says “The reason this [low B12] happens is often due to the lack of a stomach protein called...

My diet and lifestyle are both healthy, my T2 is well-controlled and yet I’ve just been diagnosed with pernicious anaemia caused by vitamin B12 deficiency. Until now (after consulting Dr Google), I had no idea that this is a well-known side effect of long term use of metformin. I’m lucky but for...

I rarely drink Coke/Pepsi so can't always tell straight away if I've been given the wrong one. However, after a few mouthfuls, I've often had suspicions and gone back to bar and asked for another, explaining that I'm diabetic. They'll always apologise and give me diet Coke/Pepsi. However, the...

Re: Forxiga - anyone else on it? One week after taking Forxiga and no problems at all. Sugar levels are down below 6.5 and I've none of the side effects I had with gliclozide. Have lost 3lb, which could also be because I've cut out bread, rice, pasta and potatoes. You need to drink plenty of...

Re: Forxiga - anyone else on it? Hi. Have just started with this tab (80mg) - today. Doc had tried me on gliclazide a couple of weeks ago but I came off it because I kept getting hypos, my weight was increasing and I and also had tender breasts (which isn't listed as a side effect but comes up...