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Well it is all a bit academic now! Just been diagnosed with terminal stage 4 pancreatic cancer, inoperable, the prognosis is grim, couple of months maybe...... I guess my blood sugar is the least of my problems now. Thanks everyone who gave advice, much appreciated. All the best.

Thank you for that link, it really puts the various foods in perspective, quite scary actually. I can see why I like some of the things I like now.

Thank you, that dispels another bit of lack of understanding.

Thanks for the observation. Keeping a spread sheet of food consumed and the test results is starting to show patterns with some good lower numbers which I want to achieve. As I replied to KennyA, I am going to give my usual (high carb) breakfast a miss and try something completely different...

Thank you for the encouragement; my reduction in A1c from 49 to 47 is just one 3 month test period, and being told 'sugar is poison' by my doctor 3 days before Christmas I was slow to really get into the process, I was in denial (at least until I had enjoyed my love of Christmas mince pies and...

Thank you for this, it seems very sad that the NHS advice may not be the best, but I see the wisdom of testing everything for myself as Catinahat suggested as a good basis to work from.

Thank you yet again, that is very helpful to compare various fruits.

Thank you, another very helpful explanation of a further bit of this puzzle. I don't mind losing a 'bit' of weight, it is just how comparatively fast that it is happening that concerned me. ( Ha! I always said one day I would get back into my 32 inch work jeans that I never threw away.) I...

Hmmmm! disappointing result. A1c only down from 49 to 47. I was a bit slow getting started with this diet change idea and did not really have a clue what I was confronting when I was confirmed A1c of 49 just 2 days before Christmas, but 3 months later and 7 lbs lighter ( when I was already...

Oooooh! that lovely long word above is so tantalising!!! Thanks for the encouragement.

Just my ramblings! NHS 'Patients know best' system had updates on my blood test of last week, but not A1c ??? they say that will be another few days before posting, makes no sense to me. My optimistic hope is that A1c was so far down from 49 that they had to re-check it, my realistic head says...

Thank you each for your contributions above. I have never taken any real notice of the consequences of the food I eat, I eat and enjoy, but Catinahats' explanation about Carbs in relation to sugar is a great graphic illustration, and a whole new world to me. I did not understand how the body...

Thanks for the reply catinahat. I was not aware of the accuracy issue with the meters, that's helpful to know. So I started the learning curve testing as you suggested, a good size bowl of raw porridge oats with milk and a sprinkle of a crunchy malt cereal only raised my before breakfast result...

So, the sweet tooth finally go me into this club, darn it! I have to say that the more I read the more confusing it gets, I realise it is a complex subject and everyone is different, so I would like to ask a few very basic questions to kick off with and make it easy for you experienced people...