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I co i contacted Lidl head office a while back to enquire about carbs in the ‘low GI’ loaf and there were more than in the sourdough rolls per 100gm. Can’t remember the amounts but I stick with Sainsburies hi-lo as a result. Yes please to any recipe suggestions.

Are you on statins? You are a similar profile to me…. Statins reduced my cholesterol but I went from Hba1c 37 to 44. Apparently, statins can trigger new onset diabetes ‘nod’. Take care.

Ok latest…. At home, before evening dinner 4.6…. After spiralised courgettes, loads of tomato laden bolognese and handfuls of cheddar washed down with half bottle of Malbec ( comfort foood and stress drink) post prandial bs 5.3! Surely dress is a thing? If I had had last night food at home… I...

Update: my fasting bs was 5.6 which is a little high for me so I skipped breakfast. I had my normal breakfast at 2pm ( 30gm allbran, mik and spoonful of Greek yoghurt) … this would normally not make any impact on bs. I added two massive strawberries and two chunks ( not slices) of pineapple...

Thank you all for your comments … the oat cakes were only 5.8 carbs each and we had lots of red wine in Greece recently and it did not affect me. I even had a spaghetti carbonara and three glasses of red wine and was 5.6 after two hours so I thought I may have kicked the pre diabetes. What I ate...

Ps: my friend said honey has no effect on diabetics….thats why she used it in the cake… is that true? My feeling is that foods affect everyone differently?

Hi… I have been at a friends tonight and she gave me what we thought was a light carb supper but I have just tested at 11.6. I had five oak cakes… total 29 carbs. Numerous different cheeses. Two large strawberries. One piece pineapple. Half one fig. Small piece of cake made with almond flour...

The wine was dry. Generally, I do not have a sweet tooth. I never have cakes, biscuits etc but this was a homemade French apple tart. I forgot to say that I also had two rashers of bacon in the salad but being meat, I don’t suppose that affects Funny thing is, my heart rate went up after first...

Yesterday we had guests around so I risked: a glass of white wine, spinach and courgette lasagne, low carb bread…1 slice, Greek salad, small slice apple tart and cream. I expected a spike but my 2 he test was 7.6! So, encouraged, today at lunch, I had what a thought was a lower carb lunch: small...

Amazing. I guess I was polishing my halo with alcohol free ( rare for me as Malbec is my Friday go-to). Yes I made the sauce and yes evoo but I guess as folks are saying, things add up. I had chips and steak in February without the big spike so I was really dismayed. Maybe I need to look into...

Wow, some really helpful replies there. I would not have thought of alcohol free beer, half a beef tomato and peas would even have figured. Why the vinegar? I look at carbs on a packet ( nothing on a tomato!) but I am never sure how to count carbs. Do you have to weigh everything? My high score...

I have been avoiding carbs and sugars so tonight I thought treat night as Saturday night mean with hubbie. We had a non alcoholic beer, tomato with balsamic and mozzarella , hi-low carb bread (5 carbs), steak, peas, pepper sauce with loads of cream and butter, and no more than ten triple fry...

Oops..,, sainsbury.., not Salisbury!

Someone on this forum suggested hi-lo bread from Salisbury..,, it’s got 5 carbs per slice…, small slices but it is soya flour in the main so quite filling. Also, it’s got seeds etc so it is not cardboard. It’s in the regular section not the special diet section. Look for small bag with green...

I’m now halfway through the book. I try to avoid polarities but he does Mention clotting mechanisms and Lp(a) which is highly relevant to me. Take home messages a: LDA does not cause heart disease / stroke Lp(a) does. LDL and lp(a) are similar but not the same Diabetes is a massive marker for...

I bought that today… thanks for the heads up.

Well, I have bought ‘the clot thickens’ today … thanks to the group for the recommendation. My recommendation is to watch : The dr Ekberg seems to be able to explain things clearly which helps me. He does say that if you are FHC then you ( we) are a special case. Not sure I wanted that but...