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Taken from this site, https://www.britishairways.com/content/information/food-and-drink/special-meals Diabetic: This is a nutritionally balanced meal, prepared for diabetic customers. It contains minimal sugar content and a balance of proteins, fats, fibre and complex carbohydrates. Diabetic on...

Ten and a half years and all going well.

Martin and Mrs Martin, welcome to the forum. I came here to support my husband almost 10 years ago - it worked, we adopted a low carb approach to eating. I'm just about to go and prepare a low carb dinner, otherwise I'm sure I could write at length on the subject, so can I just draw your...

Another ex-smoker here, 33 years! For at least 10 years I still regarded myself as a smoker, just that it was quite a long time since I had a smoke. Look at it this way, you have done 75 days once, so you can do 75 days again and that would be 150 days! If you do give in to cravings, that...

Have a look at this site, https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/ . Go to "Meal Planners". immediately under the main heading, scroll down a bit to find the free, downloadable plans. Sally

We arrived and were "sorted" before Bulkbiker was on the scene, but, all the same, I have always appreciated his presence here and comments. I find it hard to believe that, after all he has done and how carefully worded much of his advice was, that one thing or a brief episode the night before...

Hi @mirdragon Have a look here, https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb . Lots of very clear advice, a simple to follow graphics on the best things to eat and what to avoid. Turning to rhubarb, we treat it as a vegetable (which, of course it is), rather than a fruit (which of course, it isn't)...

Google "metformin half life", lots of answers there. Seems it remains in some bodily fluids longer than others. Quick answer, from skimming the google search, 4 days.

@Alex_B One option for a second opinion is to go private, you will at least be listened to and given a little bit of time. There are private hospitals and clinics across the country, where you can usually see a private GP, who will forward you to a private consultant, if needed. Google...

I am very sympathetic to @ye6911 's queries. Marriage is, or should be, a life long commitment and rushing into it in the first flush of "love/lust" is not necessarily wise, important to try and have as full an understanding as possible as to what you are getting in to. Perhaps ye6911 wants...

Soup. My regular soups include spinach, mushroom, tomato and red pepper, cabbage and broccoli. I don't use recipes, but the general method is Fry half an onion in butter or olive oil in my big soup pan. Add stock. Add vegetables (pre-washed spinach comes straight out of the bag, tomatoes and...

Look up the "half life" of the drug you are taking. If this is, for example, 24 hours, it will take one day to clear half of it from your system. It will then take another 24 hours to clear half of the remainder (leaving you with a quarter dose in your body). A further 24 hours will, once...

As I understand it, in the UK at least, testosterone is given either as a gel, which is rubbed, daily, into the skin (upper arms/chest/belly) or as an injection into the buttocks given quarterly. These are compatible with T2 diabetes and are provided, when appropriate, on prescription, by a...

As there has been no double blinded, random control trial on this, nobody can give a fully informed answer. However, if you ensure that you are in the best possible health, without too much extra weight, you are starting from a good position. It's never a bad time to sort out your blood...

We are living through a difficult time, everything uncertain, old habits and assumptions being broken, but you are clearly an intelligent and capable woman so will understand that last year's expectations cannot apply to this year. Recorded lectures may not have quite the buzz of the live...

@Flora123 James went to a private GP when first diagnosed. The big advantage of going private is Time. Not only getting an immediate appointment, but the appointment being long enough to talk things through properly. We also found that the doctor actually looks at you, not a computer screen...

Some ten or 15 years ago (so the details are now a bit vague), I went on a risk assessment course. Basically you assess the likelihood of something happening, giving it a score of 1 to 4 (1 = highly unlikely, 4 = very likely) and similarly to assess the damage that would be done if the event...

Initially (ie seven years ago), James tested before and after each meal, therefore six times a day. Once it had fully sunk in that bread, however brown and bitty, muesli, despite all the health claims and fruit, regardless of its supposed life giving properties, really were just sugar bombs and...

If you google, "diet before CT scan" several things will come up, including a detailed diet sheet from Plymouth Hospitals. I haven't found the answer to 'why?", but the main advice is low carb, no roughage, no fats. Sally

People eating a low carb diet are advised to "carb up" before an OGTT. If your body isn't expecting carbs/sugars, it won't be ready and primed to deal with them, giving a misleading high reading. You were on a 48 hour fast, which is, of course, very low carb. I wonder if this could have...