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Hi all, I've been type one for eighteen years and understand most of the symptoms of hyperglycaemia and therefore can tend to spot if someone's heading in the wrong direction. My mum is healthy, exercises a lot and eats really well. Somewhat paleo eating but she does enjoy a good ice cream on...

Morning all! So this morning, I've woken up with all the symptoms of DKA. My breathing is strained and has that 'burning' feeling. My arms and legs are tired, heavy and somewhat shaky. My head is muffled and I keep zoning out and I'm seriously thirsty. So naturally I tested my blood sugars...

Morning all, Whilst sat at work today with high blood sugar levels, I realised that when I'm either low or high, I go out of my way to do weird little things that make me feel better. For example, today I've made sure that my Diabetic ID necklace is always visible and am constantly touching...

So after being diabetic for 16 years now, I have a good grasp of Carb intake vs Fibre intake and how they affect my blood sugars. However, Cherries confuse me. Before I started my low carb diet and placed myself in the state of Ketosis, I could eat Cherries and not inject at all. However, from...

Hi everyone :) So for a while now I've been slowly reducing the number of carbs I eat a day, both for my health and for my diabetes. This time a few months ago I was eating 300g+ which obviously isn't all too good. I was reducing the amount in increments of 20g per week, and I'm now where I...

So I've been somewhat stalking the Low-carb Diet forum for about 3 months now, but never had the guts to sign up and get talking. The one thing I have noticed, is that the majority of Diabetics posting here are from an older generation than myself, obviously making you all much wiser than...