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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 1604172" data-attributes="member: 355878">I think you have the wrong end of the diet advice stick - weetabix and skimmed milk is a high carb meal, and even if you get an acceptable reading sometimes - over 10 is not something you should risk.As you are just starting out changing to a more low carb approach, coffee with cream and an omelette is a more diabetes reducing option.I've had such brilliant results eating low carb foods that I tend to recommend them to everyone - certainly if you want to reduce your blood glucose and Hba1c - once it is lowered then experimenting to see what you can and can't cope with is all to the good, but my first aim was to stay below 8mmol/l and then to get only a 2 whole number difference between pre and post meal readings.Over time my numbers have gone down, so I could have decided to increase the carbs, but I need to lose weight so have stuck to what I like. More exercise would also increase what carbs I could cope with, but I am getting normal numbers so it remains an option rather than a necessity.</blockquote>

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