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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ann34+" data-source="post: 960503" data-attributes="member: 94348"><p>Hi, MargJ, apart from a lower carb diet and more oils, and veg,  etc, not much i can recommend, as i am a Type one,  except my own experience - i wondered , when you mentioned weight loss, whether you  still have any weight you could  lose, especially round the waist area?  My recent experience is that even 5 or 6lb  in the wrong place might be having more of an effect than is realised.  Even though my weight was in the lower half of BMI normal range,  the few lbs appeared to have been having a toxic effect on me for the last few years  .  i am about your age and have been surprised how losing just a few pounds round my waist has had an effect on insulin  sensitivity, (in my case injected insulin), lipid profile , and a whole lot more.  the loss of these few pounds has had such a big effect , i am wondering whether  docs realise that what might be ok for one person may not be ok for another. Dr  RD Lawrence,  a Type one, who set up the first diabetes organisation with HG Wells, a Type 2, (i don't think the distinction was fully understood way back then) felt that diabetics were best at about 10% wt less than what was seen as ok for non diabetics, and my experience over the last year suggest this might be true for some. Best wishes, Ann</p></blockquote><p></p>

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