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From time to time I have used Atkins shakes too - but I worry that they may not actually be a real meal replacement shake. The ingredients listed on the tubs do not include any of the added vitamins and minerals that you would expect to find. Is there any concensus about which low carb meal...

Let's try again ......... apologies for not replying earlier, I've been more than a tad busy. You say that losing weight is straightforward, just eat less. You then cite the First Law of Thermodynamics as justification for the assertion. I hope that I do not misrepresent your position on...

That is just school-boy maths - and should perhaps be prefaced by "all other things being equal". Can you cite any real published studies that substantiate that human bodies actually behave in such an idealistic fashion? There are references in the Gary Taubes book to several studies that...

The FIrst Law of Thermodynamics is about energy and says nothing about weight. It says that if you add more energy to a system than you remove then that system will contain more energy. The conclusion about adding weight is your own - and you have yet to justify it. Andrew

I'm in the middle of trying to read Gary Taubes's enormous tome "The Diet Delusion" and have just read through the section where he talks about researchers using statements about the FIrst Law of Thermodynamics as a means of avoiding a scientific investigation of the notion that low fat diets...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 5.4 this morning

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 5.3 this morning

Yes, but I used Tesco shakes most of the time which maybe have too many carbs - and to be honest, I did cheat quite a bit. Things like my daughter's 40th birthday party and holidays kind of got in the way. I'm in a better place now than I was 12 months ago (HBA1C 6.6 from 8.9) and now on no...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 4.9 today.

Fasting this morning is 4.9. Breakfast+2 - 5.9 These Atkins shakes are definitely the business! Andrew

I call it my OFTT (Oral Fish & Chip Tolerance Test) - I failed. My BGs were back to "normal" (for me) the following morning. I will try again next year ............ Andrew

Carb fest? I had fish, chips and mushy peas two weeks back. Now that is a carb fest!! My BG went up to about 10 and stayed there for quite a while - not really any better than when I tried it 12 months back. I'll accept that my pancreas and liver are fixed if I can do that and have my BG...

I did re-start the diet on Monday with just Atkins Advantage shakes (+200g of green veg) - and in two days, I seem to have lost 4 lb. I'm going on holiday in Cornwall/Devon starting next Tuesday for the best part of a month - but I'll restart on Atkins shakes when I get back. I'm determined...

It's just about 12 months since I saw the doc and he's amazed both at my weight loss and the fact that I can reasonably maintain on-target blood glucose levels using diet alone. As I thought, my HBA1C is not quite as low as I wanted it to be - 6.6 compared with 6.8 3 months ago - but at least...

It doesn't seem to work out quite like that for me. I usually take a fasting reading (often the highest of the day), then 2hrs after breakfast, then either 2hrs after lunch or dinner - and a reading at bedtime. Last time, those readings averaged 6.15 over the four weeks prior to the blood...