dietary advice

Its world diabetes day on 14th November. It seems a good day to highlight to the powers that be that: 1) current t2d guidelines are wrong 2) we need to be offered blood glucose monitors (what is measured can be managed) It seems the majority of us coming to this site (and many others) are...

There seems to be a new market for diabetes ed courses! I am working with a group trying to set up our own volunteer led course hence my interest if there's anyone who has tried a company called EMPOWER? You may have experienced X-pert or DESMOND too and I am aware of some individual GP...

good morning all. Not trivialising the title but wanted to check in. Ok, since having T2 confirmed 10 days ago, I decided on beating myself up to lose weight as fast as I can. This involves a mixture of near starvation and checking foods and BS with my widget. It seems I only have to look at a...

I have copied the following extracts from this new study published in Medscape, because it seems to me very important for most members of this Forum, and because I know some members don't want to sign up to the likes of Medscape themselves even though it is free and above suspicion. However, I...

Hi I'm new but have got prednisone type 2 diabetes due to being on very high dose of hydrocortisone to treat a very sever flare of pan ulcerative colitis 6 years ago. initially was on insulin but now on diamacron and junuva. My question is what do I need to do when doing exercise weight-bearing...

What kind of food/meals does everyone eat? At the moment, I'm eating foods that are low in carbs and thinking if there's anyone out there on any kind of diet's and if they work for you and how does it work with your diabetes?:bookworm: Has anyone seen and thought about following the food that...

I thought I would share this film of a study around diet and what is most effective at managing/reversing diabetes conducted in Australia. https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/a/32517949/the-saving-australia-diet-final-check-up/#page1 It appears that the extreme calorie restricted...

Hi, I have just gone through an annual health check which revealed a glucose (fasting) result of 142 mg/dl and a few days later an HbA1c result of 6.0. My doctor has diagnosed me with type 2 diabetes and wanted to put me on medication. However everywhere I read about these tests it tells me...

@Typicaltwo, I hope it's ok for me to pinch your post to start a new thread, it is just too important to be missed. "The NHS, medical professionals, nutritionists, dietitians, school staff et al have all been influenced (indoctrinated) by the government's Eatwell guide (formerly the Eatwell...