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<blockquote data-quote="tooyoungtohavethis" data-source="post: 262391" data-attributes="member: 43149"><p>Hi everyone, this is my first ever post. I have been reading the various threads about the Newcastle diet for a while now and came upon them purely by accident when googling "Newcastle Diet". I was recently diagnosed with type 2 in October 2011. Since then it has been my mission to try and rid myself of this condition and have spent many an hour on the internet looking for "cures". I am not naive enough to beleieve there is a cure as of yet but the Newcastle Diet is the nearest thing to what I am looking for and have read lots about the diet including the very helpful blogs on here. I am under 40 years old (just!) and would be interested to know, only if you want to share, the ages of people on this thread. Everyone I know who has diabetes is over 60. Since I have always aimed to live until I'm in my eighties and to try and acheive this, stopped smoking two months before I found out I had diabetes (I think stopping smoking pushed me over the edge into diabetes btw), being diagnosed before the age of 40 means I have got to look after myself very well for a long time. If I had been sixty odd I don't think I would have been that badly affected enough to want to do something as drastic as the Newcastle Diet. </p><p></p><p>I have tried to read as much as I can of all the threads relating to the diet but have a few questions I would like to ask on this my first day on my own version of the diet. By the way, I am using Asda Measure up shakes for my 3 a day (they are lower carb and are nearish to the carb, protien and fat levels of optifast + cheap lol). My questions are:</p><p></p><p>1. Is it a 600 Kcal diet or 800? There is a definite difference of opinion on this on this forum and it is crucial to know which it is to give yourself the best chance of success. Please help.</p><p></p><p>2. Can you have a sweetex in your black Tea or Coffee?</p><p></p><p>3. I don't have a bg monitor and my doctor hasn't given me one. Everyone is measuring bg regularly on here. Are you all using bought monitors and strips or are they provided by your doctors? If they are bought could you recommend a monitor and strips please?</p><p></p><p>I will try and post regular updates of figures etc. throughout the diet. And continue to be thankful to you all for all your continuing support.</p><p></p><p>Sorry this post is overly long, but being my first time I thought I ought to introduce my self a bit. Thank you to everyone who has tried and posted so many valuable insights about this diet and well done to all who completed it. May we all live long and prosper.</p><p></p><p>Weight at beginning of diet 15 st 1lb in old money</p><p>My fasting BG on diagnosis before the OGTT was 7.1 and after 2 hours was 12. My first Hb1ac Dec 2011 was 6.2, latest March 2012 is 6.5 (have had a lot of stress lately). My diabetes is diet controlled at the moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tooyoungtohavethis, post: 262391, member: 43149"] Hi everyone, this is my first ever post. I have been reading the various threads about the Newcastle diet for a while now and came upon them purely by accident when googling "Newcastle Diet". I was recently diagnosed with type 2 in October 2011. Since then it has been my mission to try and rid myself of this condition and have spent many an hour on the internet looking for "cures". I am not naive enough to beleieve there is a cure as of yet but the Newcastle Diet is the nearest thing to what I am looking for and have read lots about the diet including the very helpful blogs on here. I am under 40 years old (just!) and would be interested to know, only if you want to share, the ages of people on this thread. Everyone I know who has diabetes is over 60. Since I have always aimed to live until I'm in my eighties and to try and acheive this, stopped smoking two months before I found out I had diabetes (I think stopping smoking pushed me over the edge into diabetes btw), being diagnosed before the age of 40 means I have got to look after myself very well for a long time. If I had been sixty odd I don't think I would have been that badly affected enough to want to do something as drastic as the Newcastle Diet. I have tried to read as much as I can of all the threads relating to the diet but have a few questions I would like to ask on this my first day on my own version of the diet. By the way, I am using Asda Measure up shakes for my 3 a day (they are lower carb and are nearish to the carb, protien and fat levels of optifast + cheap lol). My questions are: 1. Is it a 600 Kcal diet or 800? There is a definite difference of opinion on this on this forum and it is crucial to know which it is to give yourself the best chance of success. Please help. 2. Can you have a sweetex in your black Tea or Coffee? 3. I don't have a bg monitor and my doctor hasn't given me one. Everyone is measuring bg regularly on here. Are you all using bought monitors and strips or are they provided by your doctors? If they are bought could you recommend a monitor and strips please? I will try and post regular updates of figures etc. throughout the diet. And continue to be thankful to you all for all your continuing support. Sorry this post is overly long, but being my first time I thought I ought to introduce my self a bit. Thank you to everyone who has tried and posted so many valuable insights about this diet and well done to all who completed it. May we all live long and prosper. Weight at beginning of diet 15 st 1lb in old money My fasting BG on diagnosis before the OGTT was 7.1 and after 2 hours was 12. My first Hb1ac Dec 2011 was 6.2, latest March 2012 is 6.5 (have had a lot of stress lately). My diabetes is diet controlled at the moment. [/QUOTE]
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