sugar

Hi all i am new to this forum. i checked my blood three times. first time 160 (HBa1C 10) on fasting. second 154 on fasting. checked again fasting blood sugar the result is 127. i am not taking metformin. i want to reduce as soon as possible to normal level. you guys help me to do it. what should...

In today's Times: "You can eat sugar and carbohydrates and still lose weight, says a professor of nutrition at the University of Glasgow. Mike Lean said that research had shown that people could shed pounds by following diets that allowed more foods such as grains, bread and rice, as well as...

If you feel you are at risk of diabetes and have numerous allergies then what type of diet should one follow? NO wheat, gluten, soya, dairy, lactose, nuts, herbs, spices, apples, etc. GP cannot even give me a pain killer for arthritis both RA, OA and also have osteoporosis. I have 38 on the...

So I'm browsing Waitrose (as you do) and I came across a bag of leafy green salad leaves (great, I thought). Sugar is not listed in the ingredients, but I discovered that per 100g, it has 2g of sugar and I wondered whether there was anybody great at nutrition advice on here that could explain...

Looks like we've been mislead rather: https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/12/sugar-industry-harvard-research/

With lucozade reducing its carb sugar ratio, is Coke better for treating Hypos? Coke has 10.4g of sugar for 10.4g of carb!

I've been suffering from sickness and diarrhoea for a couple of days now. I've had very little appetite. When I have eaten (about 30-40g carbs) I didn't do an injection. An hour later I check my blood sugar and it had gone down a unit. When my sugar was lower than I wanted it to be before bed, I...

In the 3 months I've been dating a type one diabetic he's been admitted to hospital twice, first time was due to low sugars and the second was due to high ketones. I think my main concern is that there's going to be a point, yet again, where I'm responsible for his life? Since his last hospital...

What action/steps do you take?

A set of six full sized jams. Ok not a joke but otherwise I'd cry. What was she thinking?

I have recently been diagnosed with T2 and am in the process of trying to identify what foods I can and can't eat. Have read a lot about carbohydrates and reduction thereof. I love Wheetabix as breakfast but now find that cereals are no good :-( So in order to find out what it good for me and...

Hi all... I just had a complete breakdown... not sure if it is the hormones or stress (probably both) Any way... I have had complications with previous pregnancies and sick babies resulting from uncontrolled blood glucose levels... this time I have my Bgl under extremely good control. I am not...

Hello, I had a planned/semi emergency c section over a year ago. When they tested my sons blood,an hour after delivery, it was 1. He was taken to SCBU where he ended up having many different glucose drips including one into his stomach. I didn't really have any support with breastfeeding and so...

Helllo.... i'm fairly new with type² but am seriously finding it more harder to give-up sugar than it was to stop smoking... i can go without sugar for a day or so but during that time i can feel the craving building up till i get my next fix..... iv mentioned to my doctor, that i think, i hav...

I've done it- I've officially emptied B&M of all of their full-sugar orange Lucozades. I've got a cupboard and a pantry full of the stuff but of course- I'm slowly going through them, Before I do, I need, need, NEED ideas about what to use as a replacement so I'm desperately looking here for...

Calling on the brain trust again! (I don't know how I managed before I stumbled across this web site) I have just used erythritol for the first time to make truffles. Unfortunately I can feel the granuler texture throughout the truffles. As this is a no bake recipe, is there a way of dissolving...

It started innocently enough with a trip to the movies. Then I couldn't say no to the choc top ice cream and the malteesers. Promised myself tomorrow would be a new day. However after I went to bed my mind started thinking of the large box of chocolates I had bought for a Christmas present. It...

Hello Medication not helping Insulin helped for a year but now after taking insulin my top of my head starts revolving. Living with sleepless nights for over 4 months already now. Showed to every doctor possible but everyone wants to give sleeping pills or pills to relax mind which again did not...

Comments to Kurt Wood's article "The version of sugar that won’t affect your blood glucose levels – and why you can’t have it." An excellent article and a wonderful "sugar". I know the product under the name Tagatesse and have used no other “sugar” the last three years, but was not familiar...