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Can anyone help? I have recipe for low carb peanut butter cookies which uses light agave nectar for sweetening. I have some Splenda. How do I work out how much to use and if the recipe will work, when one type of sweetener is a syrupy liquid and the other a powder? Am thinking I might need to...

Just found this article https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/potatoes-and-diabetes What do people think?

between yoghurt and ricotta cheese? Nutritionally? no idea both are milk fermented in some way . Texturally its firmer. Flavour? milder. That i do get.

Can anyone tell me if this is ground almonds by another name, or an entirely different product? Have seem lot of recipes that use almond flour, but not yet found any in the shops.

Today i ate some biscuits. Not really sure how many. Definitely more than anyone should eat. What is worse, they were not even nice. Knew I should not be eating them, realised I wasn't enjoying them and kept right on. Anyone know why this happens? How to prevent it in future.

Anyone know of a Eurocentric ap for cals and carbs? The one I have been using is USA based and does not recognise many EU barcodes.

Have seen lots of recipes that use this, is there any substitute?

Woke in the night hot and sweaty again, checked BG 5.6. Ok so not that. Cold drink, back to sleep. Called at surgery on way to Mums, got appt 10.20 Sorted Mum out, She also has Doc appt, hers is 10.10, different surgery few mins drive apart. How efficient is that? Dropped Mum off ( Dad will...

Am using an App to track carbs and calories. This week have noticed the the fat is over allowance (as expected) carbs are under, (again expected) but apparently not had enough protein on any of the days this week. Could this be the cause of my persistant weightloss? and if so, how do I get...

tv series Secrets of Supermarket food channel 5 8.pm is anyone watching?

Have tried custom recipes on my AP, but it asks me to enter the nutritional content. Really need one that uses the ingredients to work it out for me. Suggestions please.

Am currently working on a homemade muesli style breakfast. BG Results after 2 hours seem good. But still wondering, should the tests be 1 hour, 2 hour and 3 hour for a new food? Or an increased quantity of that food?

Is ghee ok to use? Lot cheaper than butter for frying.

Since discovering that some sweeteners are triggers for asthma attacks and found that others can cause digestive upsets have been very wary of them. Have always gone for the sugar rather than diet version of squash, drinks mixers etc. Not that I drink a lot of squash or pop. However, I can...

Feeling pretty useless as after over six months am still almost as confused. :confused: Have been posting in what have you eaten today.:brb: Tonight cant be bothered, feel like giving up all efforts to control this pernicious condition. Am trapped into a way of life and thought that I dont want...

back history yesterday had meal out at friends house: far too much food. waaay too many calories and carbs. today no breakfast. ok has a cup of tea, thats all. went out to help friend with some garden clearing. physically active day. 11k steps ( really, all that from tending a bonfire all day...

Hi everyone, Am still experimenting with food and BG meter. This morning had muesli 45g, with milk, cream and peanut butter 2 cups of tea. ( no sugar) Usual exercises before breakfast, added a very small amount extra. BG before breakfast was 5.7 2 hours and 3 mins later 4.7 Yesterday tested 2...

Sometimes get this screen when trying to login, often multiple times. https://prnt.sc/mdgoub any ideas why?

Am begining to think that a routine is probably essential, but what if I dont have one? Or, more to the point, what if I dont feel like breakfast? Or cooking? Do my exercises and have a cup of tea, with small amount of semi-skimmed milk, no sugar. Would this be enough? Probably going to...

XBX level 13, exercise programme Pre breakfast 6.1 Tea, Yoghurt, prunes, almonds, tea calories 364, carbs 16 semi simmed milk (for tea and coffee all day)300ml Calories 149 carbs 15 Post 5.7 coffee Pre lunch 5.7 Winter veg soup, water, tea. Calories 118, carbs 22 Post meal 5.5 Snack...