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Thanks Lovinglife. To be fair I think he was referring to added fats so for instance eat the olive oil instead of butter. However he did say eat low fat dairy and lean meat which I believe is still the standard advice. Also I do need to lose weight so he was correctly saying that fat has more...

Thank you all. I know the Mediterranean diet is healthy for most people. I lived in Greece for a while and where I was they ate a lot of beans, rice and veg cooked in lots of olive oil, along with cheese and sourdough with most meals. All delicious and at the time it suited me totally I never...

Hi all I was diagnosed prediabetic last year and my GP said to eat a Mediterranean diet lots of veg, fruit, fish, beans and lentils with wholemeal bread, pasta and brown rice. This was very similar to what I had been eating and I was overweight and sluggish. Research on prediabetes brought me...

B Coconut pancakes, berries and Greek FF yoghurt with a sprinkling of seeds L smoked salmon and coleslaw D will be creamy mustard chicken made with cream cheese, chicken stock, Dijon mustard, chopped onions, peppers, mushrooms and lots of spices and herbs.

It's nice to cook eggs with feta spinach dill and oregano (or any filling really just cut up small, add and mix) in microwave. This comes from Freshwell cookbook called a microwave omelette.

Pizza omelette for breakfast Tuna salad then full fat yoghurt and strawberries Having steak, brocolli and mushrooms in a creamy mustard sauce tonight

Frittata with Feta and spinach and fried0 tomatoes Sardine lettuce cups with lemon and caper mayo and cucumber 2 squares of 85% chocolate Baked salmon with braised fennel and tenderstem with a yogurt lemon and dill sauce

Thanks Antje. I can only say I feel better on a low carb diet. If my cholesterol has gone up I might need to rethink but it feels right at the moment. Best wishes.

Thank you Lamont for such valuable advice I really appreciate it. I feel a bit weird not following current medical advice and a bit anxious about it but the information on this forum is helping me understand what's going on in my body. It's a good idea to keep a food diary I will start doing...

Yes I really get that Resurgam! I was so convinced of the health messages for most of my life. The weight ups and downs (mostly up), hungry all the time, major carb cravings almost feeling compelled to eat all the food I thought it must be my fault. Never thought it was all that "healthy" food...

Just seen Lamont's post on the basics of RH. So helpful thank you.

For years throughout my 20s to my 50s I was on a low fat diet to lose weight and "be heart healthy". I exercised a lot going to the gym most days after work. I hardly ever lost weight and during that time I suffered hypos regularly at least three or four times a week. I had no idea what was...

Haha yes but GP is threatening other meds instead of Atorvastatin to lower my cholesterol because he says that takes priority over my liver! I'm very wary of taking anything that messes with my liver but it's hard to know which is the most important experts do not always agree on this. I'm...

Thanks lovinglife that's very reassuring. Yes ausGeoff I believe mine is a rare reaction to statins.