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I'm on Oviva and find it annoying, but I would have been annoyed at almost any generic app. I try to comply with it, as I believe it's worth the effort. Pros: tutorials are good at laying out enough detailed info for you to make your own decisions. It doesn't do that thing of "trickle truthing"...

I am really sorry to hear that. Does your GP service know you have this problem and that it's a barrier to your communicating with them? My own surgery has a website that I can use to message them, as well as SystmOnline AND an app that's just rolled out, which I haven't tried. Does your GP have...

I've gotta say my GPs were great before and they're great now. Referrals to specialists, which a family members have needed, had a painfully slow start, leading to prolonged and severe pain until they finally got into the system. Since then, they've been amazing. The relative in question is...

Oh sure, that's not what I meant, I only meant that there's a lot of conviction coming through that low carb is the fastest and most reliable way to gain control of the blood glucose, so accepting reality would probably mean fully committing to that. I'm pretty relieved by the replies that it's...

And maltodextrin. It's of the devil.

Because artificial sweeteners have what you might call a powerful laxative effect on me. I drink sparkling water instead, it's the texture I value most, the sweetness I can cope without for most of the day.

Yes. But one is more nutritious. And one of the concrete pieces of advice from the Oviva app was to eat only one piece of fruit at a time. Prior to that I'd thought I was finally succeeding in cultivating a good habit by eating two pieces of fruit for breakfast and then with lunch. Anyway...

And I've been moaning a lot, but I should add this. Since I improved my diet even to the extent I have - eschewing white bread for multigrain, albeit store-bought and therefore ultra-processed multigrain; and eschewing crisps for... okay ONE piece of fruit at a time, like the app says... or...

Thanks, @Antje77! Not that I'll take it as an excuse to go back to my old ways, but that is very encouraging to read. I did think that the advice to cut fats was about weight rather than glucose. It's an example of how overfocussed the discussion is on weight. Not to mention that low-fat foods...

Hi everyone, Nice to meet you all. [squints] Good-looking crowd! So, in December I had a Hb1ac test and it came back as 42. This did not surprise me, for several reasons. First, all my life I've had an extremely sweet tooth. In 2021, and especially over the summer months, my overindulgence...

Hi everyone. Diagnosed as prediabetic in December 2021 with an H1bac (or whichever way around those letters go) of 42. Feeling very down today, as I have improved my diet a lot, but probably not enough. It's time to buckle down, I guess, though I'm not happy about any of it. I'm here because...