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    Good Sugar Bad Sugar

    Just wondering if anyone has read Alan Carrs GSBS ?? I have been eating relatively low carb (no bread , pasta, sugar, fruit,) my blood sugars are lower , but I am finding it difficult to drop weight . I am wondering if maybe I am eating TOO much cream, cheese etc ? I have also just ordered the...
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    Type 2 IS this ok ?

    Amlodopin 1x5mg 2000mg Metformin , 1000 morning and evening Hi Can I just ask if other people's BGl evels go up when they are ill ? Or stressed ?? I had managed to get mine pretty much under control by Low carb eating but in the past two and a half weeks , I have had a really bad virus, chesty...
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    Not losing weight and Metformin

    I'm hoping that someone might be able to advise me or explain to me why; 1. when I am trying to do the 5:2 fasting eating programme , I test my blood sugar and it will still be 8 !! even though I've eaten nothing all day ?? 2. Why do I find the low carb thing SO difficult, I just get such...
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    Type 2 I need advice with a low carb diet as I feel really low on it

    Hi, I haven't been back on this forum for ages, but I really need some advice and guidance. I am a type 2 diabetic and I take 2000mg Metformin daily. I am really yo-yoing with my eating as I am trying to eat Low Carb but it makes me feel really awful. I must be doing something wrong as I've seen...
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    Type 2 Help please blood glucose reading this morning !

    Could someone tell me if a reading of 10.2 before breakfast is a really high reading before breakfast ? My Nurse gave me a meter yesterday, and I've just had a shock ! Are these individual readings taken at home to be understood as the same results my diabetic nurse gives me every 6/12 months...
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    Can anyone help me please , Type 2 diabetes

    I am slowly putting on weight and cannot seem to control my eating, I just feel as if I need to settle on an eating plan and stick to it !!! I am heavier now than I have been for years. I was 8st 10lbs when first diagnosed as diabetic (approx. 5 yrs ago) I kept my weight steady for 4 yrs but I...