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I buy sugar free Werther's in Tesco,I get riccola, and stula in Waitrose, I pick up sugar free polos wherever as they're widely available.Last Tim I was in Waitrose I picked up some stula gum bears, they were lovely ,a bit like wine time in texture.

Mike, my gallbladder did, if I eat any fat I end up in pain

I had problems with atorvostatin, simvastin etc I'm currently on Creator and it's working fine, no side effects and my cholesterol has dropped. Mine you through no choice of my own I'm having to follow a very low fat diet so that might have had a lot to do with it

I've been on nearly all stations and have reacted badly to some, I'm now on Creator which seems to be working. Incidentally I have been forced into a very low fat diet due to gall stones and contrary to the low carb is the only way views on here , all my numbers have gone down, hbac1, weight...

Nigella does a gluten free chocolate cake in her Christmas nook, it's so rich you only need a tiny bit

I am on 3 different blood pressure drugs, amlodopine, losartartam and indapamide, just taking one or two aren't enough

I also have some form of familial cholesterol disorder and many people on here will recommend LCHF it may not be suitable for you, it's not for me. I need to restrict my fats or my trigs go sky high but a LCLF diet is sooooo boring . I am still working on a diet that balances the two buy is...

Be careful big the advice given by Decongest re your cholesterol, I tried LCHF and my cholesterol readings went sky high, I now have a lowish fat diet and although they have dropped considerably they are still high. It's so hard getting a balance

Vinegar on green beans, lush would combat the vinegar craving

Most people on here will say LCHF but the HF can affect some people accessory, I thought I was doing OK but my last test wasn't good so I'm going to try reduced carb reduced fat to see if it is possible to control both blood sugars and cholesterol

Unlike a lot of people on Here LCHF did not suit me as although it did lower my numbers my cholesterol reached for the stars so beware it can do this for some people. If you don't want to give up rice etc precook it until only just done and cool. Reheated it may not affect you in the same way.

My levels drop if I have a very low carb meal too

If you struggle with high cholesterol beware LCHF as it may send your numbers sky high, I am Ok with around 90 g starchy carbs a day, don't count those in veg. If I don't eat enough carbs I get constipated and as I have a family history of bowel cancer I don't want that.

Allegedly, I tore a ligament and tore my rotator cuff a couple of years ago but didn't develop frozen shoulder , recently pulled a muscle in my shoulder but by exercising have not developed frozen shoulder this time either

Wow that's a lot of fruit, around what I would have eaten before I became diabetic. I now only have it occasionally because I can easily binge on it.I have replaced fruit with raw carrot

Sorry cauli, I 'm one of the higher carb posters, try to aim for around 100 a day but that includes precooked carbs which don't affect me at all. LCHF just sent my cholesterol stratospheric so you will need to adapt to what suits you

If you miss pizza the caulk base ones are surprisingly nice, and it includes a workout too (getting the water out of the caulk)

My trig's rose when I tried LCHF, now back on reduced carb, lowish carb which suits my overall health better.Also on statins which have reduced my overall cholesterol levels.

Do you have a partner and if so do they complain about snoring? I have sleep apnoea and falling asleep really easily is one of the symptoms

your figures look great compared to mine, on LCHF, my trigs were 6.1 on their own, I'm now doing a low fat, lowish carb (aound 90g a day not including veg) and my cholesterol has gone back to my normal levels, last time I saw my DN she advised against LCHF but said I could LCLF - she pointed...