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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.

OLast August at a routine GP appointment I was told that I was heading for metabolic syndrome with a high waist measurement, overweight BMI 28, high blood pressure 160/85, high cholesterol 6.5 and higher than normal blood glucose which I found out later was not in the diabetic range (39). I was...

Oh thank you both that is so reassuring I've had friends say what I'm doing is dangerous and that scared me. I read that in some people this dramatic BS reaction to low carb is because when the body is used to producing high insulin levels to manage a higher carb diet it takes a while for it to...

Thank you both the BS thing is the most confusing thing for me at the moment. My BS has gone down a lot since starting low carb is it a problem to consistently have below 5 readings? I used to be 5.5 on fasting and 7-11 after an hour then it would drop to about 6 after two hours. Now it's about...

Hello I'm newly diagnosed with prediabetes which has been a shock but it has made me look at my diet carefully. I've gained such a lot of information on this forum which has been really helpful to me. Reading around here I found out about the Freshwell low carb programme and I've watched the...

I have a Greek recipe book that my Greek friend sent me. There are a lot of bean recipes but otherwise mostly veg with some fish, meat, chicken and cheese although she does often say have this with a piece of bread. Are beans very high in carbs? Chris2Main do whole grains take longer to break...

Thank you lovinglife that's very sad about your father. Chris24Main thanks for that I'm not really adapting well it's just that I could tell the difference immediately from my first low carb meal that I was not feeling the ravenous, stuff your face with everything in sight that I feel on low...