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Blue Diamond is the make, they come in Sea Salt, Sweet Chilli, Wasabi and Smokehouse flavours. All have excellent low salt content and nutritional values. Can get them in ASDA, tesco etc about a pound a bag. :)

hi manda pops, i'm going through a terrible time of it with this at the moment too, my retinopathy advanced from the background stage straight to proliferative (end stage) in just 3 months after intensively getting my blood sugar under control. It has been a terrifying experience seeing my...

Usually I have a full 80g bag of almonds or half if my morning reading is high, they are flavoured and taste fairly salty, but the salt content is like 0.1g so not bad all, no msg either so just perfect :)

It sounds like you are doing excellent, keep it up :)

I was getting heavy burning legs when walking and exercising for a while. I initially thought it was the diabetes medication I was on, but it turned out to be related to the statin I was taking, as they can cause breakdown of muscle fibres.

I started getting blurred lines in my vision permanently which was the retinopathy advancing, also the dotted squiggly line thing you mentioned I had when sugars came down low but those ones were only temporary. Definately worth going to see your opthalmologist, even if it takes a few weeks for...

Are you on any statins? if so they could be the cause , I was getting quite a lot of leg pain from taking them! Definately worth asking your GP about it though

As far as I know, all the accu chek machines are very similar in accuracy of results, its mostly down to size and convenience choices as some have the strips in a roll inside and dont need one loaded in every time etc

I started having Blue Diamond brand flavoured almonds for breakfast every morning as they are just about the only thing that doesnt send me off spiking! not only are they delicious but i am sure they have helped my cholesterol levels tremendously too :)

I'm sure it wouldn't do too much harm, however I see you are on medication for your diabetes as opposed to insulin so be sure to check the interactions between aspirin and each of them before taking it. For example I noticed that aspirin can potentiate the effects of some sulfonylurea meds ( bg...

Hi everyone, I'm Scott and i'm 28 years old, I live with my fiancee and 2 devils (cats).I'm a new user to the forums but I've been trawling them for a while now. Was diagnosed as MODY type 2 in February 2013 with an hba1c of 12.7 and told due to my state of retinopathy I may have been diabetic...

hi pebbles, when I was diagnosed I had similar problems, I just couldn't get my bg levels down at all. I was seeing 15 etc every morning and the meds didn't seem to be doing anything for me. Initially i was put on metformin and the dosage increased and other meds added such as...