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Just had the blood result. It’s 37! Been managing through diet only. Feel pretty chuffed about the result. But weight has gone down too much. Now Bmi is 17.7 ( pre diet it was around 20. Is this a concern? I was hoping to speak to the diabetic nurse about it. When phoned in for result the...

Hi, I felt dizzy today when walking down stairs. This was 2 hours after meal so I did glucose test it was 5.6 and blood pressure was 91/61. And I have felt dizzy for a couple of times in the last few weeks already. I historically suffer from low blood pressure. But usually it’s fine after...

I’m still relatively new with low carb and am still experimenting with different food’s effect. However it appears that my 20+ years of IBS had finally been controlled. At the moment I haven’t had an episode of diarrhoea at all since the start of low carb (~2 weeks ago). I’ve tried everything I...

Hi guys/girls, has anybody done the 7 min workout challenge app at all? It’s an app on my phone and I occasionally do it. It’s basically core workout with pushups planks etc etc. The beauty is it only takes 7 mins. It really helps for someone like me who hasn’t got time for gym. Earlier this...

I thought I was doing well with my reduced carb diet. However really disappointed earlier when my 2 hour reading was 9.7 after just 1 slice of whole grain bread and one apple! I thought whole grain was supposed to be better then white bread. Do I have cut wheat from my diet entirely? Or was it...

Hi I’m new to prediabetes and want to do my best to prevent developing to type 2. I’m doing LCHF diet. I’m generally fairly active. Running 2-3 times a week with each run anywhere between 3 and 8 miles. I have also run a couple of half marathons. Prior to the prediabetes diagnosis, I have...

After diagnosed with prediabetes, I started to gradually cut down on my carbs. Then I learned that there is the lchf diet and started to increase my fat intake with increasing chicken, fish, avocado and nuts etc. I’d say I’ve been on something in the line of low carb high fat for 2-3 days now...

Last week the nurse called and broke the news with hba1c of 44. I was kind of expecting this day because I had gestational diabetes 3 years ago. However It still struck me. Determined to do something about it before it’s too late. The nurse suggested there wasn’t much I could do because I am...