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    grapes

    I'm with fergus, the only way a grape gets into my body is by the fermentation process. cheers :D
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    They trulydon't know

    That is the answer I'm afraid, they truly don't know, of if they did, will not pass on the information for fear of jobs, litigation etc. I've got a Council meeting tonight, one of the topics on the agenda is health again, about the rising epidemic of diabetes, obesity and other related problems...
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    How many of us are following the low-carb diet?

    low carb here as well, 20g a day max, but then i want to stay off medications altogether cause I'm rubbish at remembering to take them.
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    Why this forum is GOOD

    this forum is good because without it i would of ended up like my mother. brief history, my mother grew up in a world with no internet. my mother got the standard lectures on diabetes, how it was her fault, stick to this diet and in 10 years we'll look at the problems. my mother is now one leg...
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    Who's been on a course?

    i will state now, I've not been on a course, so I might be wrong. i got offered the Desmond course when i got diagnosed, all i say thank god i can use the internet. I looked at the general advice offered, figured it was wrong. so never bothered. I do scientific studies as part of my work so...
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    Having Munchie Pangs

    munchies is not something i suffer with as a general rule, when I've had a few drinks i do get kind of peckish so always have different cheeses in the fridge for emergencies.
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    This patient is a total loser who doesn't know....

    next visit, stamp ya feet very rapidly, stick ya thumbs in ya ears and wiggle ya fingers while shouting you're a nincompoop lol, won't achieve anything but be fun :-)
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    veg

    carrots and parsnips, ouch, nearly as bad as bread and potatoes. have ya checked your readings after eating them.
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    chinese medicine ?

    personally speaking as a pure sceptic would say most of all if not 99 % of Chinese medicine is a pot of crocs. that said , i did have a few friends who said an ear piercing did relieve them of back suffering
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    Diabetes Food Products

    just found out tonight that fruit shoot drinks are 0.8 g of carbs per 100 ml in a 300 ml bottle, 2.4 g of garbs in all. but then both my kids are checking everything they eat and drink now lol signs of progress lol
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    It's snowing!!

    think yourself lucky. had to go on terraces tonight to watch Dartford play. snow followed by thundering hailstones ****** that for non league lol
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    Breakfast

    go with you on the kippers, I love fish. some things I have for brekkie when in a rush. Lazy breakfasts. smoked mackerel, can eat that cold straight out the wrapper. various different tins of tunas, mackerels or sardines, straight out the tin. frankfurter type sausages, eaten cold hunk of...
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    Diet or statins dilemma

    Quite frankly, if anybody actually reads the medicine notes on lipitor or other statins they wouldn't bother taking them in the first place. http://emc.medicines.org.uk/emc/assets/ ... ICAL_PARTS all it takes is a bit of common sense and a little math to work out that statins are of little use...
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    THIS MORNING

    eeek, wish I'd known sooner it's 2am on the 22nd and Im still insomniacated lol so probably going to be up for a few more hours. just spent the evening at a presentation from boots about diabetes at a local diabetic support group.
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    carbs low, - weight rising. Help

    :D about the jeans. my wife is starting to call me the tramp tied in the middle :D all my jeans are 38s but I'm now a 34 and i absolutely refuse to buy any new ones until i reach my target, about 30ish. so she's now used to seeing me put an extra hole in my belt so i can pull it tighter and...
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    Problem controlling hb1ac

    Hi Khalid. welcome I see by your diet you eat an awful lot of bread/chapatis. if that's your typical daily diet then that's the problem. It is only carbohydrates such as in chapatis. bread vegetables rice etc that raise blood sugars. so if ya cut out the majority of the carbohydrates your...
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    First A1c reult

    Fantastic
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    Breakfast / snacking ideas?

    If ya like eggs ya quids in. my brekkie. 3 eggs chopped up bacon mushrooms loads of cheese makes a superb omelette and keeps me from feeling hungry all day. other than that, for a change have smoked mackerel, boiled eggs, or traditional fried brekkie( sometimes I'm naughty and have half a...
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    Pub food

    when I go to local harvester I just order the super giant mixed grill with no chips, maybe an extra egg or side order of mushrooms with salad bowl. works for me, same with all restuarants now, fish or mixed grill with side salad. just remember, in a restuarant, you are the customer, you can...
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    levels before breakfast

    pre 4 months ago, my morning bs was anywhere between 7 and 12. Ive been very low carb for 4 months now, mine are now between(according to my graph so I'm not cheating) 4.5 and 5.3