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    Low cal diet and Newcastle diet

    Hi Murph524. My hubby is on the ND at the moment. 3 weeks in on Monday last. He is being a little more lenient at the weekends, but still low carb'ing. It has occasionally taken his sugars up a little, but they are quickly back down again once back on the shakes and veg. For example last weekend...
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    Recipe Ideas on Newcastle Diet?

    Yes Pipp, olive oil being added, especially with the roasting. Does anyone know if you can have Quorn products as well? Only something like the Quorn mince is only 4.5g of carbs per 100 I think.....?
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    Recipe Ideas on Newcastle Diet?

    Both - Shake for breakfast, lunch (with a small pot of peppers or radish) then another at the evening with about 200-250g of cooked veg. He really isn't a salad man, so its the veg per the Newcastle Diet guide. But at two weeks in I am beginning to struggle with new ideas. I did find a recipe...
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    Recipe Ideas on Newcastle Diet?

    Hi all. Does anyone have any good recipes for the veg you can have with the Newcastle diet please? Hubby has finally taken the plunge to deal with his continually rising sugar levels, and started this diet 10 days ago. Is 8lb lighter, stopped his meds a few days in, and for the last week or so...
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    Type 2 for 12 years. Now in denial...

    Hi all. I've not been on here for a while, but am reaching the end of my tether with my husband, and just need to let off steam I think! He has been type 2 for 12 years,, since the age of 35. First 6 years or so were ok, and under control with minimal dose of Metformin and diet. He then fell...
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    In Denial...?

    Thanks for the kind words and links. Reading about the 'Burnout' was very interesting - that's him for sure. He won't come onto the forum. Very much the British 'stiff upper lip' brigade. (And a typical man, if I may say!) I will try and talk to him over the Christmas period, when he has time...
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    In Denial...?

    Have not been on here for a while, but its interesting reading the recent stories about other halves not understanding when you have diabetes; as I have the opposite problem with Type 2 hubby in denial again I think. Bit of background - hubby was diagnose 10 years ago, at 35. His Dad has had it...
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    Help With Newcastle Diet.....

    Hi and thanks for your replies about the carbs, as opposed to the sugar content in the shakes. He is still doing really well at it. His doc said to stop the Glic tabets if his bloods went too low. He was 3.8 a couple of nights ago, so has come off the 60mg per day he was taking. Bloods are still...
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    Help With Newcastle Diet.....

    Hi all, Well, after 12 months of hubby refusing to do anything to help reduce his blood sugars, something has finally 'clicked'! On an early post, I said about him getting his last HbA1c at over 100, and still not being prepared to change his ways. Well a week ago, he went back to his GP, to...
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    Husband refusing to accept T2

    Thanks for you replies and kind words. I am not expecting a miracle over night; and I do appreciate that its him that needs to make the move to change his ways. Our girls are early teens. They understand he needs to eat the right foods to stay healthy. We all eat the same foods together, but he...
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    Husband refusing to accept T2

    Hubby was diagnosed T2 10 years ago, in mid 30's. Had been doing really well during all that time with diet /exercise / testing x6 per day. Then about 2 years ago, our (pretty good) GP said it was ok to not test, and just get the HbA1c done every 3 months, and took the tester strips off his...
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    Not Testing Levels - Worried

    Hi. This is my first post, so please be kind to me! I am very worried about my husband. He was diagnosed some 10 years ago, at just 34.Type 2 runs in his family, (3 close relatives have it.) When he was first diagnosed, he made a real effort to control it just with diet and exercise. Then...