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Why don't so many GPs listen to the patient? I recently had some bloodtests for my increasingly frequent night-time headaches. I was pleased to get the tests as I have not had a diabetes review for 15 months and that was the only one in nearly 2 1/2 years. I managed to talk to a GP today - a...

I've been diagnosed T2 for around 20 years and have kept my Hba1c in the low-mid 40's all that time through diet & exercise (no meds). My FBG as always been a bit high 5s-6s though. Recently though, over the last couple of years it has jumped to 7s and 8s with only the occasional 6. My...

There is a very interesting piece of research being discussed on the BBC World Service 'Crowd Science' program. It argues that artificial sweeteners confuse our brains and guts into expecting a sugar load which fails to arrive. This then messes up the way the body delivers insulin. One study...

This is what we (and Boris) are up against ... "People with diabetes should try to maintain a healthy weight and eat a diet that is low in fat (particularly saturates) and salt but contains plenty of fruit and vegetables (at least five portions a day) and starchy carbohydrate foods such as...

I've usually mixed a bit of fasted exercise into my week, but usually just once or maybe twice a week, often as part of a 24 hour fast. Lockdown changed all this. As we were initially allowed out for exercise once per day avoiding others, I started going for fasted jogs at 8am, every day. So...

I've often mixed a bit of fasted exercise into my week, but as i'm a bit creaky most mornings i have just limited it to Saturday morning's 5km parkrun. Lockdown changed all this. As we were initially allowed out for exercise once per day avoiding others, I (accompanied by the other half)...

I was diagnosed T2 nearly 20 years ago based on my FBG levels. For most of the time since I have not tested but relied on my 6 monthly HbA1c tests which have bounced around 41- 48 (once) . In the last 18 moths I have been testing and find that my FBG is frequently high. Rarely under 6 and...

I've redoubled my low carbing efforts since Xmas to try to get my FBG down a bit. But today the wheels came off :-( I had 3 staffordshire oatcakes with cheese for brunch, veg soup (potato, sweet potato, swede, carrot) and breadroll for an afternoon snack, then went to the pub on the way home...

I was looking for a good deal on testing strips and found what on the face of it looked like a good plan from Type2Testing.com. However, what seemed to be offered initially on the welcome page (quarterly plan giving 400 testing strips) was presented very differently on the 'order summary' at the...

I used to low carb and it was good. I tested occasionally and my readings were always good. I took no meds just good diet and exercise to control my T2 as I have done for the past 16 yrs. Somehow I stopped. It was gradual. Just a few extra carbs to begin with, then it was Christmas and...

I am 62 and i've been T2 for 16 years without medication just keeping things under control through diet (LCHF) and exercise (lots). I've always the slim side and have always run and cycled. My food choices prior too diagnosis were always carb heavy to fuel the exercise. Since diagnosis my Hba1c...

Looking for a bit of advice. I've been successfully low carbing for a number of years . However over that time I have developed diverticular disease and 2 years ago was hospitalised for 3 days during an excruciatingly painful episode. In order to lower the risk of a repeat performance, I now...

I've been a diet+exercise controlled T2 for about 15 years, just relying on 6-monthly Hba1c results to keep me on the straight and narrow. However recently (after feeling pretty rubbish some mornings) I thought that I might usefully monitor my fasting glucose as this was what initially the...

Firstly, I was diagnosed T2 in 2004 but didn't get my first Hba1c until 2007 (49) by which time I had lost 10kgs and got my BMI to 22 as it is now. I'm not on meds, just diet & exercise, and I don't test. I was threatened with Metformin 4 years ago when, having put a few kilos on, my Hba1c...

I've been T2 for nearly 15 years and managed to stay off the meds through diet and exercise. It's been a bit up and down but I've pickup the running exercise a bit more recently. I find that I run out of energy after an hour, irrespective of how fit I feel I am. My endurance doesn't last...

Very recent (2014) academic study critically reviews the evidence thus far and concludes the following: Highlights • We present major evidence for low-carbohydrate diets as first approach for diabetes. • Such diets reliably reduce high blood glucose, the most salient feature of diabetes. •...

I was appalled by this article in the Worcester News which delivers very negative views of the diabetic community. I have used their contacts page to register my opinion in the strongest terms. Perhaps others could too...

Some people are put off trying low carb diets because they feel that they are restrictive. However, since starting to low carb a few months ago, I have found the opposite to be true. In the past, even though I have always been a bit of a foodie, eating just about everything going, my diet...

I'm a non medicated T2 and have been for 9 years. I have always done loads of exercise - mostly cycling and running but always some weights work for injury prevention and to keep myself in shape as I get older (56 now). However, 5 years ago I had a bad reaction to statins (I no longer take...

Hi, I'm an unmedicated T2. I'm keeping my daily carbs hit to around 60g but I really don't think I'm getting enough fibre. I have 30g of porridge each morning. I eat lots of spinach. I don't touch bread and am very wary about fruit (I've stopped eating dried figs which were my guaranteed...