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    why bother

    I understand your feelings about the contradictory information that is given, but I think it is silly to abandon your medication. There is no doubt that medication works, and without it your health will certainly suffer. Diet is more controversial, so if you want to eat a normal healthy diet...
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    Magnetic jewelley

    Magnetic bracelets are pure quackery. They do not have any effect on the body because your body is not magnetic!
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    Spices / Powder

    One gram of spice will contain no more than one gram of carbs, so unless you like a LOT of spice there is nothing to worry about!
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    Inflammation the cause of Type2?

    My apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, but I found this this article interesting. it talks about the connection between diabetes and inflammation. Note the comment at the bottom by a nurse who had suffered a ruptured appendix and became diabetic as a result, but when she recovered...
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    Type 2 diabetes Uni research!!!

    Regarding the questionnaire: 1. Some questions should have a "don't know" option, eg #16. 2. People who answer the questionnaire through this website do not form a representative sample. The great majority of diabetics are not a member of this forum, and could well be less knowledgeable than...
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    High Carb T2 Diabetes Trial Ends in Failure

    The experimenters apparently EXPECTED a certain outcome, and they hoped for a certain outcome, so they did the experiment to test the hypothesis, not to prove it. When the experiment gave an unexpected result they accepted the fact. I see nothing unacceptable with that. It seems to me that the...
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    High Carb T2 Diabetes Trial Ends in Failure

    That is very cynical - there is no reason to suppose that the experimenters WANTED a particular outcome. Science works by making a hypothesis then testing it, and you accept the result regardless of whether or not the experiment confirms your hypothesis. In this case it didn't. The experiment...
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    High Carb T2 Diabetes Trial Ends in Failure

    It seems like a terribly badly designed experiment to me. To be meaningful you should only vary one thing, but in the experiment says that dieting + exercise has the same effect as the medication. So three variables tied together (or four if you include the health education), which means that...
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    Why is type 2 more common in Mediterranean countries?

    Thanks, Phoenix, that makes sense!
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    Why is type 2 more common in Mediterranean countries?

    I was diagnosed with T2 recently so I went onto Wikipedia to find out what I could about it. I was surprised by the map showing the worldwide distribution per capita - the countries of Europe with a Mediterranean diet -Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece (plus Belorussia) all have much higher...
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    Stoptober -are you quitting smoking?

    "Giving up smoking is easy - I've done it hundreds of times." - Mark Twain
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    Newly diagnosed, by luck

    Thank-you everyone for your replies! To answer Geoff, I am on Atorvastatin (40mg per day), plus Gliclazide, Metformin and Ramipril. The only side-effect is a slight loss of appetite, which I am told is temporary. I have to admit that I do not understand the need to modify my diet. My...
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    Newly diagnosed, by luck

    I have recently been diagnosed with Type 2 at the age of 61 (and my cholesterol was 7.2 :( ), and I have just had my first check-up. I only had a blood test after seeing my doctor for an unrelated problem (a lump in my armpit from a hair follicle problem). I am not happy that I only came to be...