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I totally agree Robocop Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I think you're right. Low or lower carbs, good fats as necessary but not to excess snd plenty of healthy vegetables. Thats got to be the way and trying to vary and make sd exciting as possible to maintain interest. Not easy but do-able with determination. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

To be honest although I've read lots and lots I havent actually counted. I dont have any bread, rice, pasta, potatoes - the really obvious ones. I have only had a few raspberries with double cream if I really want something nice. I do have a bit of gravy - so bit of carb there and as much veg...

I have been low carbing for about 3 weeks. My sugars plummeted to the extent that I have now stopped the glyclazide due to hypos. Now controlled by metformin alone. Lost 7lbs. Blood pressure akso dropped so much I have been abke to stop lisinopril. Monitoring sugars which fall between 5 and 6...

I have elevated LFTs from a fatty liver. I do find though, as my BG control improves so my enzymes come down. Steph Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I've been on Metformin for about 10 years now. I remember the first weeks feeling nauseous but it passed. That first year I would sometimes have an urgent need to go to the loo and was caught out a couple of times at other peoples houses or perhaps at the hairdressers! Overall my constitution is...

I only joined the forum yesterday but I have already learned so much. I am 57 and was diagnosed as T2 about 10 years ago. All my life I have struggled with my weight. I've been a size 16 max and what I suppose is called a yo yo dieter, losing 2 or 3 stones 4times in my life and always focused on...

I went onto Byetta for a while. It was like a magic bullet to start with but then sugars started to go up again, so 6months later I was prescribed Glyclazide as well as the Metformin which had been continued with whilst on the Byetta and the injections stopped. Injecting myself didn't worry me...