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Johnny-45 said:
This was very helpful and really to the point
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yes, and it's only 10 minutes long :)
now you need to get deeper into it,.. juice is high sugar in itself and on the bad list. a lot find cutting the starches and sugars helps enormously ....a long page and a few good video’s
http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/firstweek.htm

From the @Southport GP who posts here
http://www.practicaldiabetes.com/SpringboardWebApp/userfiles/espdi/file/March 2014/PP Unwin final proofs revised.pdf

testing and SD codefree meter to see what you can and can't eat that doesn't spike you.
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14045524.php
http://www.homehealth-uk.com/medical/blood_glucose_monitor_testing.htm
 
Welcome Johnny-45
You are in the right place, and everyone here is great. :)
 
Welcome John, I am 44 and newly diagnosed Type 2 myself but you will find lots of info and advice on here. I too have a problem with burning, painful feet which I haven't been able to solve though I have lowered my blood sugars a lot through following a low carbohydrate diet. Pre diagnosis I was drinking around 15 litres of water a day and basically living in the bathroom. I developed such severe pain in my abdomen that I ended up in casualty and was told the walls of my bladder were in constant spasm due to my over consumption of water. I now limit myself to two litres of water per day plus several cups of tea. Keep us posted on how you are getting on.
 
A UPDATE ON ME !! i am 46yrs /6ft5 / 16st 8 /I was 19st4 when i was daigonesd with diabetes . ive lost weight . I am type 2 insulin dependent with 3 metformin tabs/ 40mg of statin i was 80mg ive come down !/ retadine stomach tabs a build of acid in my stomach / i started a trail on canaibis it was working it got my hbc's down from 11+ to 7.4 good / i t was controling my bloods very good . my blood sugars were very high in the 20's and my insulin was very high .but with the control of a small amount of canabis everything come down insulin bloods the lot which 1 pipe in morning 1 pipe at night thats it !! .TILL MY PARTNER FOUND OUT not good i had to stop relationship not getting married now .stopped now for 1 week and a half ./my sugars have gone back in high 20's numbness has come back in my feet / insulin gone high again . its all f@ked up .again .
 
Hi @Johnny-45, not liking what your posting1st let me get @daisy1 to give you the info pack,(apologies if you have had it already)This illness is not our fault,most people i talk to have not got a clue what diabetes really is or how to treat it EFFECTIVELY.......the fact that you were making such good progress says a lot about you,well done.
NOW.....we all of us make mistakes ,so get up and dust yourself down,ready.....I am a coach driver of 25 yrs, when i first got diabetes my blood sugars were 28.6mmols , my blood pressure was 195/105 and my feet were killing me,went to my doc and got the usual take these pills .....next please........it was not until i found this forum and the advices from poster who have and are following the best ways to treat our illness LCHF regime, i have been on it now for two and a half years,and my weight has dropped from 17st 12 lbs to 14st 6lbs...my blood pressure is now about 115/60 and my bs's have dropped to 3.5 am fasting,5.5 by lunch time,and about 6.5 two hrs after dinner.
My neuropathy in my feef has totally gone from about six months into doing the LCHF regime,i no longer take any medication for diabetes.
Please, you owe it to yourself( and those who probably still care for you) to get yourself on the road to recovery and good control of this illness,if i can help in any way please let me know,clivethedrive.
 
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