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I have made today Almond Bark and also mousse made with sugar free jelly and cream both absolutely gorgeous, previous recipe I tried was caveman crumble which again gorgeous. Loving the recipes on here and many more to try! Does anyone know the recipe is for shredded wheat chocolate cakes is on...

Hi, Try the Atkins diet, low carb does wonders for you BG and loses weight. I have over the years tried allsorts of diets and Atkins is the only one that didnt leave me feeling hungry and i have lost 2 stone since the begining of June.

Hi Kat100, I am on the atkins diet, the atkins bars are low carb and good if you get cravings for sweet stuff. The only thing I would warn about is cause they have artificial sweetner in them that can act as a laxitive, i am sensitive to artificial sweetener so now avoid the bars as i get an...

Thank you to every one that has answered my question, I have been scoped from both ends so I know that my guts are ok nothing sinister there! I am gettting to the point of worrying about going out but today took the bit between the teeth and i have an appointment with the doctor Monday morning...

Hi, I have been on a low carb diet for 4 months now which has done wonders for my BG but initially had diarrhea due to the artificial sweetner in some things I am obviously sensitive to large amounts, so thought i had sorted this out but now I find I am getting a bad stomach, diarrhea every...

Hi Tweetiepie, You can buy almond flour we call it ground almonds in Tesco's.

Hi, Just trying out the caveman crumble as i had the gift of free rhubarb, i am am a bit confused though by all the recipes cause they all say low carb but there are no carb values given i am on a low GI to help my weight and diabetes and would like to know what these values are. Is it a case...

Hi, i have been diabetic type 2 for 9 months now and I binge eat but also did before i was diabetic. I was really good when first diagnosed but lately haven't been able to stop myself. the problem being i binge eat when fed up, bored etc. I find it a big problem and of course as soon as i binge...

Thanks robertconroy - for the suggestions but i tried eating yoghurt at breakfast time and i cannot face it makes me feel sick thinking about it and my stomach just churns after eating it for breakfast, can eat it any other time. As for grapefruit have never eaten it as i don't like it. Will...

Thanks Cathy for you advice, will try some f your suggestions but don't think i will be trying yogurt for breakfast just cause i can't stomach the thought of eating it for breakfast fine any other time.

Hi, Was just wondering whether any one else gets this, about two hours after breakfast i start to feel really tired, so i started doing my BG and found when i feel like this my BG is high thought this was more asymptom of a hypo not a hyper. I have realised also that this depends what i eat...

Hi, How do people dispose of their lancets & BG strips, I know they need to be disposed into a sharps bin but where do you get these from and where can you dispose of the sharps bin if you are buying your own strips and lancets and not getting supplied from the GP's? Jill :?:

thank you guys! I am looking forward to trying out some cakie recipes and will certainly give the almond flur and the coconut one ago. :D

Hi, I have a question I have seen that alot of people on here when baking cakes etc. use almond flour, coconut flour etc. does the almond flour taste of almonds? May sound like a stupid question but i like almonds to eat as nuts but can't abide the taste of things like marzipan or bake well...

Hi Jung, the monitor you have sounds good i need something that is easy to read, little numbers are no good or low/bad lighting so the baclighting sounds good. Jillx

Hi Viv, Thanks for your help and advice its great to have all these people here to help. Still tyring to get my head around the food bit and its a bit depressing when you go shopping and see all the goodies coming in for Xmas, that we can't eat :( Jill x

Hi Mary, Thanks for your reply about the meters and symptoms it will be interesting on both accounts monitoring and seeing if any symptoms disappear. I was thinking of getting a monitor as the doctor has upped my metformin to 1000g metformin twice a day but not due to go back for a blood test...

Hi, I am Jill and I was diagnosed about 4 weeks ago with type 2 diabetes. I am an ex nurse and let me tell you I have learnt a lot in 4 weeks lets say its been a sharp learning curve. I am still trying to get my head around the diet bit but I seriously needed to lose weight and th GP just said...