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    Benefits of Reducing Carbs for Eyesight.

    Hi all, Resurrecting this thread to add that I too have experienced an improvement in my eyesight after over a year on a low carb diet. This is the first time in my life (52 years thus far) that I have visited an opticians and been given a 'weaker' strength of lens. I have been wearing...
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    How many of us are following the low-carb diet?

    Me too, increased from 50g a day initially to max 80g a day. Morning BG never more than 5, usually low 4s. Pete
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    LOW CARB SUCCESS STORIES

    Re: Success stories Hi all, I was diagnosed as type 2 last May (after some pre-op tests for an unrelated condition) with an HbA1c of 7.8%, high blood pressure (can't remember what it was but the lower number was over 100), cholesterol 'elevated', fasting BG of 13ish and overweight at 19st...
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    Newly diagnosed - first of many questions

    Hi all, Have lurked on here for a couple of weeks and followed some of the discussions and debates with interest. I was diagnosed type 2 about 8 weeks ago following some routine blood tests prior to an unrelated operation. I had absolutely no symptoms prior to the diagnosis so it came as a...