NHS CHOICE for those new to diabetes

Having been diagnosed just 18 mths ago, and with so much to learn yet, I thought other newbies or even awaiting diagnosis members could benefit from the NHS CHOICE WEBSITE, with details explaining diabetes and food recommendations etc!

Being T2 I have linked to that page, but the pages for other types are also available via this link!

Hope it helps someone, so many people here help me :wink:

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetes-t ... ction.aspx

I think we have to use discretion in all advice, as so much of it is random and differs. However, the site does explain a little about diabetes and also offer some sound dietry advice which surely cannot be damaging. Sorry to hear about your bad experience with the NHS, I certainly know that is not without flaws, some of them major. :|

I think I am getting the hang of this in one sense, I had been on the starchy foods, i.e. potatos, rice, pasta etc, then found the low carbs post and found that all I had been led to believe were good for me were perhaps not! It seems that the low GI and low carbs varies from person-to- person and is a matter of experimentation. Not sure what small portions are either, I never have eaten large portions of anything, for example with dinner last night I had four small potatos (at least 4 parts of cut potatos), never really liked potatos that much anyway - so always mashed them, however I did not mash them (as I understand this leads to them breaking down into glucose more rapidly reaching the blood stream (am I right)?