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I've found that if I have knowingly or unknowingly eaten more than a few carbs that's when I am hit by the carb munchies a couple of hours later (when the BG drops, I guess). So I drink a glass of water and wait... or better still, for me, a mug of coffee (decaf later in the day/evening) with a...

I'll agree and then I'll disagree. Yes, sometimes particular diseases are caused by a genetic defect in a specific gene. T2 diabetes is not one of those diseases. Diabetes is the consequence of a person's metabolism (many, many genes working or competing together) and how that metabolism is...

Dr Jason Fung unpicks what causes obesity and also T2 diabetes in his book '"The Obesity Code". Much of what you say he echoes, but he makes a point of saying that while what you eat is very important (reduce sugars and refined carbohydrates, modest protein, increased natural fat) another key...

I'm a reasonably well controlled (diet and metformin) T2 and generally I don't get cravings - unless I have something particularly sweet or carbohydrate heavy, then the cravings strike about an hour or two later. Luckily 'something sweet' in small amounts, alongside other food like fats and...

Michael. Everybody responds differently to food but most on this forum have found that carbohydrate, including sugars, is something to be eaten with caution. All Bran does have plenty of fibre, which is good, but it also has around 18g per 100 g of sugar amongst other carbohydrates. I have found...

I'm on 850mg metformin twice a day and my T2 diabetes is well controlled - so well controlled that the Dr no longer wants to see me annually for a diabetes clinic (the practice has not replaced the diabetic nurse) although he suggested that I should still remember(!) to have the annual blood...

I've been doing my own measurements, generally once a week, on the morning of the day after Day 2 of my 5/2 diet. Partway along I started keeping track of my breakfasts on that day. The extracted figures below show the increase in blood sugar readings from when I get up to 2ish hours after...