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Hi Jeenie, An HbA1c of 6.1 is great, and because your HDL level is nearly has high as your LDL I really don't think you should give yourself a hard time about that either!! I have type 1 so am generally not discouraged by my docs from testing. But what I would say is that testing is fine, but...

Hi Mon, If you're going to bed with 'normal' blood levels and waking up around 20, then it definitely sounds like to need to check you're levels in the middle of the night to check that you're not having hypos in the night. Carb counting can really help with control when on multiple...

Hello, I only mentioned the benefits of eating vegetables because it sounded to me that Fergus seemed to think that following a low fat diet means a diet “full of hidden starches and sugars”, which vegetables aren't, and are therefore a good substitute for other high fat foods (unless you...

Hi Fergusc and Whitemare, I'd just like to second Whitemare here. You don't need to massively increase your carb intake in order to eat a low fat diet. And losing weight by cutting down on fat makes perfect sense! There are over twice the number of calories per gram in fat as there is in...