Hi DevonMichael,

Welcome to the group. Please continue to do more postings and/or comments, asking questions, take the polls on the polls section and meeting the other members of the group.

Please check out the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation's website for the free leaflets on "A Healthy Diet and Diabetes ", "Exercise and Diabetes " and "What is Diabetes?". All leaflets can be downloaded, read and/or listened to anytime. Go to: drwf.org.uk/diabetes-leaflets

Hope this helps!

Hi DevonMichael Have you been prescribed Metformin?

I was told I was diabetic in March 2015 with an HbA1c reading of 51 and put on 4 x 500mg Metformin per day and by August 2015 my weight had come down from 13.5 stones down to 12.5 stones (I'm six feet four inches tall) and I was cut down to 2 Metformin a day my HbA1c having gone down to 41.

My last reading in August 2016 was the same as yours 44 so it would seem that Metformin has really helped as I haven't radically changed my diet apart from adding more oats into my normal breakfast of Grapenuts, banana and All Bran and a late supper with dried fruit.

One problem with Metformin is that it can affect absorption of Vitamin B12 a deficiency of which can lead to neurological problems but as I have had P.A. for 45 years it doesn't affect me because I receive B12 injections every three weeks.

I wish you well

Try cutting out some carbs from your diet - carbs are basically sugar in disguise and raise blood sugar levels accordingly.

If you have a way to test (e.g. a blood sugar meter and believe you me it is worth getting one just for initial tests) test before you eat, then test an hour and two hours after and you will see exactly what your food is doing to your blood sugar levels. I was told porridge is good for you, releases energy slowly, but when I tested it, it was sending my sugar levels skywards so I learned to cut it out of my diet. Whereas two boiled eggs (I'm a vegetarian which made it more difficult!!) hardly moved my blood sugar levels - so I could mark eggs as a good food.

I was diagnosed over 8 years ago and haven't taken a single tablet for my diabetes Type 2, but I've taken control of it instead of letting it take control of me!

Sound advice Ziggy. Tablets aren't the answer, particularly statins which are highly toxic. Take control of your diet and your cholesterol and blood sugars will look after themselves. Carbs are the biggest problem but take control of these and your life will change for the better. Because of the huge vested interests of the Pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession, you need to take a huge leap of faith and largely ignore their dietary advice, which has barely changed in the last 30 years despite an explosion in the occurrence of Type 2 Diabetes. They know the answers but can't afford to reveal them. If you like reading, try the following:-

The Great Cholesterol Con by Malcolm Kendrick

The Calorie Myth by Jonathon Bailor

Pure, White and Deadly by John Yudkin.

The internet is full of people who's lives have been destroyed by Statins, but also full of stories of hope by people who have taken the non pharmaceutical route and cured themselves by taking control of their diet.

Good Luck.

DevonMichael,

Has your Endocrinologist (diabetes doctor) talked to you about carb counting? How many carbs/meal and snack are you suppose to have? Counting carbs may help keep the blood sugars from going very high or very low. Everyone is different, so what one person can have for a total for a snack or meal may not be the same, or work for the next person.