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Yes - it is a convenient excuse to avoid drinking alcoholic drinks, when I am offered them, although I have been a teetotaler all of my life - I'm 66 now. I have never smoked either. My thinking has been that since I am an Organ Donor, if I die prematurely, i would not want to pass on to the...

Hi, I was born with flat feet and have never known anything else. If I try to wear shoes with arches, it is absolute torture to try and walk, so I always check to see if the inner sole will come out of a pair of shoes that I might buy, so that I can cut off the arch on the left and right sides...

I accept that having been diagnosed as a Type 2 Diabetic, I will always have the potential to return to being a Type 2 Diabetic, but for the last 4 years, I have cleared Diabetes Type 2 by diet alone. To begin with, I was overweight and moderately obese and being depressed and on anti depressant...

Re above. Contact me at [email protected], without the xx's, for the link which is missing. BigBenn

Hi, Speaking for myself, when I got Diabetes Type 2 about 5 years ago, I quickly decided that I did not want it and I would do whatever it took to reverse it and get rid of it altogether. I can't speak for the rest of you, but in many cases, it seems to me, having Diabetes type 2 or even Type 1...

Hi, I read in the newspapers recently, that weight is controlled by a chemical gene in our head, which switches on automatically and gets the body to store fat, even under the most difficult of food consumption regimes. The article suggested that the reason why people do not lose weight, is due...

Hi, I am a Diabetic, but for the last 2 years, through diet and exercise, I have lost weight and I have had a blood sugar reading of 6.1 which is considered to be normal and my organs have regenerated and I feel healthy and happy again - I'm 66 and I don't want any Diabetes complications for the...

Hi, You have not said if the Diabetics in your family are Type 1 or Type 2. Living in Aussie, we probably have a different way of describing Diabetes and dealing with it. If your family are Type 2, being overweight, might have something to do with the Diabetes. I feel for you. I have always...

Hi, When my Diabetes was not under control, I used to test with the thing which pricks your finger to get a droplet of blood....and I hated it. I rarely seemed to get a big enough droplet of blood and I used to be scared of the reading the tester gave - I felt like I was playing Russian Roulette...

Hi, I am a Diabetic and I was overweight. I have managed to lose weight because of a diet based on an American model I saw on the internet and keep my Diabetes under strict control by not eating fats, sugar or salt, with a daily brisk walk and now I have a reading of 6.1 although I expect that...

Hi, Thanks for your reply. Wheat - um, that would probably be Weetbix - to be honest, I never thought of that, so good point. OK, your reply is acknowledged and confirmed and I will keep my opinion to myself in future. Nevertheless, I hope that each and every one of you are successful in...

Hi, I agree with the comments of all of you. You have Diabetes and fortunately for me, I don't any longer. I got my diabetes from eating and drinking the wrong things and I got obese and I did not exercise and as a result I got Diabetes Type 2. I agree my diet is horrible and I don't like...

Hi, As much tap water as you can drink, either warm or refrigerated. Any sugar free drink. Skim milk products - nothing full cream - I use "Coffeemate" with my coffee. Eat as much fruit and raw vegetables as you like and oranges are good thirst quenchers. I have a liquidiser, which reduces fruit...

Hi, I had Type 2 Diabetes, but I got rid of it 2 years ago and I have been diabetes free ever since - although, from a medical point of view, once I was diagnosed with Type 2, it was as if I had been stamped with Type 2 on my forehead and from a Doctors point of view, I will never be allowed to...

Hi, It is my opinion that Type 2 Diabetes is wholly related to lifestyle - and the food which you put in your mouth and the quantity of it - without any exercise regime, such as a daily fast walk to get the heart pumping. I have put my diet and exercise regime on this forum, under Type 2...

Diabetes Type 2 is a lifestyle choice, indicated by a pot belly (although I had mine since birth) and an obese body, as are the many complications which might occur as the disease progresses. If you take medication prescribed by your Doctor, continue to do so. 2 years ago I weighed 118kg, a...