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Thanks for all the warm welcomes. I have been given 3 months to see if I can control my BG levels with diet alone by my diabetic nurse. I am 3 weeks into this and have brought my readings down from 23 on the first day to 13 today. My first hba1c was 12.8. I have been following the...

Quick update, had an experiment on Friday night and had some Holsten Pils and some vodka and diet iru-bru. Both very nice and when I tested BG the next day it wasn't sky high like it is on lager. It was actually 12, it was 15 the day before and 13 the day after. So I think I have found...

Thanks for the responses, I can now start working through what I am still able to eat and what not, in the knowledge that I am doing it correctly. I most certainly will have a good browse through all the links, there just seems so much to take in all at once, I feel like I am wadding through...

Thanks for the advice everyone! It's good to know that I have the redwine option in the back pocket, although I am not sure how long it would take to train such an uneducated palate as mine, lol. I thought that perhaps vodka and pure orange juice would be the lesser of two evils if you...

I just wondered how everyone else manages with this. I am newly diagnosed with type 2 and I have been finding the diet ok but alcohol a real stumbling block. When I first got diagnosed, I was getting daily mmol/l readings of 21+ which I managed to get down to 11 after 2 weeks and my first...

Hi there, I have just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (2 weeks ago) and I am currently trying to reduce my BG levels using diet alone. I am in the process of trying to see what food/drinks work and what doesn't work for me and I have read several posts where people say that the best way...