diet advice

Good Evening. Glad I found you lot. Diagnosed T2 in January with crazy high sugars of 30+ and put straight on insulin and metformin. Took a couple of months to reach anything near normal. Recently, I've been put on Trulicity, which is a weekly jab to help reduce appetite and kid my brain...

Hi, My questions is: As someone who already lives an active lifestyle, follows a LCHF diet and is thin (BMI 22), is my diabetes likely to get worse to the point I will need medication to manage it? Background: Just been diagnosed this year in Jan, although have had symptoms of high blood...

Hello, i am new to this and i am really looking for some good advise! i am 25 with type 1 diabetes, i have three children the youngest being 9 months. i have always have quite good control of my blood sugars but recently its been quite difficult and i have put on quite some weight since...

Hi all. New to the Forum but not to diabetes. I just would like to ask people here what do they think of the level of knowledge displayed by the diabetic treatment teams they visit? I ask this out of frustration. In recent times I was trying to come up with ways to better manage my Blood...

i have been dieting for a week now and not sure I’m eating enough today I have eaten Breakfast X1 weetabix with a few strawberries and raspberries Snack A packet of quavers and a kiwi 5 Brazil nuts Dinner X2 chicken burgers without the bun and salad Apple

Hi all, I'm an A level student currently writing up a dissertation for an Extended Project Qualification which investigates the role of diet in management of Type 2 Diabetes. It would be really useful to gather some primary research to include in my project so I was wondering if anyone could...

I am on a low carb diet for my insulin resistance, under 60 carbs a day. I lost 7 pounds as of three weeks ago but since last week my weight has not moved at all. It stays between 226 and 225.8 pounds. How do you overcome a plateau? I eat chicken and salad for two meals of my day and I eat dark...

Hi all; I am Type 1 and started walkrunning consistently a year ago... I say walkrunning because I walk and run equal minutes during my workouts. Generally I walk 5 run 5 for a total of 60-75 minutes. I am doing my first 5k this weekend, but I am not sure how to prepare in terms of eating this...

I have a bit of an awkward question. It's generally known that foods like grapefruit juice can affect how long some drugs (legal and illegal) stay in the system. Basically the liver metabolism is slower because grapefruit juice has to be metabolized before other drugs can be metabolized. Now I...

Hi, Newly diagnosed (Type 2) and quite concerned about the whole thing. Particular issues are foods that I can (and can't) eat to keep control of my blood sugar levels. Also is soda water (no flavour or sweetener) with sliced lemon/lime, with an occasional lager or medium glass of white wine(2...

Hi all. I hope I'm typing in the right place. I'd just like some advice on how to deal with my partners diabetes 2. He has had it for a few years now. He doesn't seem to take it seriously (i think hes in denile ) and says he forgets to take his metformin unless I remind him (I am not always...

Hi, I keep getting told that the brain needs 100g of carbs a day by the dietician at the hospital when i tell her about low carb eating. Is this really true? She says for the brain to function it needs 100g a day. 100g is a lot! I probably eat around 40-50g a day. Anyone shed any light on...

Hi my name is Tori, my husband Barry was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in May we are both 40 years old and live in Tyne and Wear, UK. The main reason I have joined this site is that so far he has seen no dietician and all of the booklets he got from the hospital talked about food choices when...

Hi hope I am posting in right section here, found out 3 weeks ago Type 2. Not sure if I am going well with my diet or not. Any feed back be great, I am gluten free too.Also should I be testing my sugar and if so which are best monitors pls? Breakfast 2 yogurts lunch 2 eggs on 2 slices toast...

About 5 weeks ago I posted a thread on this site saying "confused over conflicting advice". I had just been told by my doctor that I was T2 diabetic. I had no symptoms and had undergone a simple yearly health check. Needless to say this came as quite a shock. She went on to say that I must...