Price – The Food Programme – My diabetes avoidance blog

Price was the most important thing cited by almost all shoppers in Bristol when asked on The Food Programme by Sheila Dillon what most affected choice when food shopping. I’m glad I am not alone in buying cheap food, as I’ve felt guilty neglecting my health. Something strange that happened as a result of this

My diabetes avoidance blog – continued

Yesterday I ate salmon and greens for dinner. I had eaten an afternoon snack of brown rice with sugar-free jam. I admit to finishing off the “birthday” white chocolate. I rang my G P who is arranging more tests as he doesn’t like my persistently low iron levels. I’m still waiting to hear back on

My Diabetes Avoidance Blog – day 12

Well it’s 12 days since I began this blog. Yesterday I decided to eat some of my birthday chocolate early. I’m allowed chocolate every 7 days, and I was beginning to worry that it would taste overly sweet and I wouldn’t want it at all by today. I ate 3 squares. I was stunned by

My diabetes avoidance blog – Wednesday – oatmeal

I read recently that oatmeal is good for the heart. I probably knew this once, and then other priorities kicked in; survival being one, and I made myself forget. I used to eat oatmeal biscuits. They are 95% oatmeal which means there isn’t much room for anything else. It gets tiring reading long lists of

short one -My diabetes avoidance blog

Yesterday, one hour after eating bread with grains in it, I had intense pain to the left and center of my chest. This went on for an hour; someone told me this was heart burn; to me this sounds like a euphemism for something worse. The pain was more like being stabbed with a a

short one today – My Diabetes Prevention Blog

Ok, I confess, I are a piece of fruit cake today. Well it’s my birthday. I felt wonderful afterwards. However, paying attention to my moods, I was in a low mood an hour later. For the past 4 days I’ve eaten cabbage or greens every day. Yesterday was the first day that I had no

My diabetes blog

When I began my move to eat zero sugar 9 days ago, I had no idea how much sugar was being surreptitiously added to my diet. I had no idea that my sudden intolerance to starchy food might be a warning sign for diabetes, I had no idea that the cheap ready meals I was

My diabetes avoidance blog – day 8

Hello, Well it is day 8 of my low sugar diabetes prevention diet. It’s the holiday season. It’s also my birthday on Monday so I’m a little concerned I’ll have to eat socially and won’t be able to eat what l like. Yesterday evening I ate a take out Chinese which my partner bought. I

My diabetes blog – day 7

Hello dear reader, I had a good night’s sleep, and didn’t wake up to drink water. One of the worst symptoms I was having when l went to see my GP was a terrible thirst which woke me in the night, hourly. This went on for ten days even though l was drinking 2 pints

Because time is not linear – my diabetes blog

Because the past affects the future as the present affects the future, I have decided to amalgamate Monday’s blog with a little of today’s, and because an old friend has encouraged me to continue with it…. Day 4. I forgot to eat breakfast this morning. My partner kindly offered to make me some toast. He