Hi Wendy thank you for your informative reply. I have been 2 weeks on the proper low cab high protein diet and a week on my own version before I could get my books in and read up as much as possible (diagnosed 3 days after Christmas) and so far a stone and a bit has been shed!! I am so in the zone with this and pleased I did not start the Metorformin. I am hoping to lose another stone within the next 6 weeks and have introduced a light bit of exercise of walking and getting up a speed if I can and either a bit of indoor cycling or moving to music. I am feeling positive and hoping that when I see the endrocologist who diagnosed me as pre-diabetic last May (reading of HBA1C 52) but came down to HBA1C 51 six months later I am so hoping that I will be in the 40's. Can I ask as I have seen others on here saying they put cream in their coffee!! do you know if that is possible as that would be a real treat to me (I would use one of those low fat Emelee ones) and I only have 1 coffee a day anyway as I have made myself drink herbal teas now or just plain water. In fact I have been a bit obsessing on what I can or cannot drink really and would love a glass of something fizzy but not sure what to put with fizzy water as read that fruit juices are a no go does that mean those Robinson fruit juices with low sugar on the front of the bottle or a Ribenna with no added sugar or are they referring to the cartons of fruit juices you usually have with breakfast can I ask what do you drink. I have put the lemons in the water but at least my 2 cups of tea a day are warming and look forward to them haha - its amazing how much I took for granted before all this happened. I hope all is going well on your side
Cream is fine if you're doing low-carb, in fact I found all natural fat is fine. Elmlea is not natural. The standard low-fat advice is not at all helpful to T2s in my experience.
I avoid all fruit juice and cordials, and most fruit, because of the sugar content - fruit drinks usually have fructose which can be worse according to accounts. I'd instinctively mistrust anything that says "no added sugar" or "low sugar" - this might only mean 18 teaspoons of sugar equivalent rather than 20. I do drink zero-sugar drinks - Coke Zero for example - as they have no effect on my blood sugars, but others have reported different experiences.
