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That moment when you have been doing something and you pick up your mug and take a sip of tea only to find that you have made coffee instead! :lol:

The post on FB and at the top of this is in a way misleading, it talks about Aspartame but all the images are of drinks containing sucralose which while no saint is preferable to Aspartame. Also Aspartame does not actually trigger diabetes, people that are allergic to it can display all of teh...

Diabetes has given me a focus to get healthier so I will eventually be slim, trim, healthier and fitter, and as my wife is also eating in line with my dietry requirements I will have a slimmer trimmer even more gorgeous wife! I have always been interested in food, now I have an excuse to be...

Have you thought about a Lentil Dhal as a filler either at home or as a takeaway? It is as filling a rice usually has more flavour can be safely reheated if you don't eat it all and it should be lower carb than rice. For home cooked there are loads of recipes on line to try!

Hi Tanilou, As someone who has quite a few lesbian friends that are quite open about their relationships etc, I think you may need to brace yourself and search on line for 'lesbian bed death' and how to deal with it. Possibly diabetes is a factor as it is life changing but it will not be the...

Hi Angie, That description makes it sound even more unattractive, the product itself doesn't actually have any nutritional value, and looking at the process the bacteria consume all of the carbohydrate so they can excrete the amino acids from which the glutomate is extracted, so basically it is...

Hey Claire, As one still coming to terms with Diabetes all albeit not on meds myself, but with previous experience of caring for someone who would not inject their meds inspite of visits to a&E etc, I hope you are doing ok, as you haven't posted on here for a while.. Please, Please keep taking...

Sorry to correct but MSG or E621, is Sodium rather than sugar based, however if you are sensitive to it (and many people are) it can give symptoms similar to that of high blood sugar known as Chinese Restaurant Syndrome symptoms include headache, numbness/tingling, flushing, muscle tightness...

From Wiki on the T'internet In 1962, Lolitkar and Rao extracted from the plant a substance, which they called charantin, which had hypoglycaemic effect on normal and diabetic rabbits.[25] Another principle, active only on diabetic rabbits, was isolated by Visarata and Ungsurungsie in 1981...

I have taken the doctors prescription for stains and shoved it.... in my car glovebox! :D On diagnosis I was told I have very good cholesterol for someone WITHOUT diabetes! Much because diabetic are more likely to suffer thrombosis, heart attacks, loss of circulation in extremities etc I...

I keep below 200, and under 150g a day if I can. I cant seem to get lower than that and still be eating similar to the rest of the family, we have an under two and a four year old who need the carbs. Everything is cooked from scratch so I mostly go with reduced starchy food portions and add...

I am dabbling with lowering carb intake, I am still up around 150 per day but that is significantly reduced for me. Anyway I like Sausages and have noticed how high teh carb content is in some of them. I have also found that Bratwurst while not tasting exactly the same as a good old british...

No had my appointment with the nurse and am a happier bunny! Reading was 8.2 three hours after lunch, she seemed happy with that and with teh food diary I have been keeping. Now have my DESMOND booking, Blood monitor and script for test strips, also an appointment for six weeks time for another...

When you finally wean yourself off, and it will be hard, watch out for the no added sugar fruit squash juice drinks, most of them are laced with it as well, as are many low fat and diet yogurts and deserts. Yes it can be adictive, your brain likes teh rush as it thinks it's going to get a sugar...

Almost sounds like my Quack! Said if I lose weight my diabetes will 'go away'.... bless!

Hi Sid, I am working to get some exercise in to the daily regime, I have half a stone to lose then I can use teh kit we have at home, air rower, cross trainer, core muscle trainer etc. All of which my lovely wife bought and doesn't use! However there is space in the garage to set up an electric...

Appointment with doctor today, nice and calm on the way in, furious on the way out! Thought today was to start discussing my diagnosis and all the other stuff that showed up on the blood test, the only talk about diabetes is that I must expect as time goes on to be on medication, and that I am...

No you cant argue with stupid, and you would never win if you tried. However you now may have a fall back plan when you have a really bad day and you just can't help yourself to chocolate or that bottle of wine! Adjust your medicants to suit the intake for that day and then start back again...

How about Fudges Cheddar Wafers? 41.8g of carb per 100 grams doesn't sound great until you realise that is the whole packet! They are cheesy, crispy and not too sweet. I find 4 or five at a time is enough. They also do Stilton and Jalepeno flavours which are slightly lower in carbs but I haven't...

As a fellow newbie getting to grips with it all I wish you all the best, the people on here know what they are talking about, in time you will be given your own maintenance guidance, if you are not up for changing everything at once (I believe I will need to make some big changes) why not try...