Recent Content by CherryH

Great! I can do dark, I can do high cocoa - and I can moderate to just a couple of pieces ... I just can't go without! Thanks, Cherry

In my healthier, pre-65 year old days, I would enjoy lots of treats from wine to chocolate, but a fairly new diagnosis of pre-diabetes has stopped me in my tracks. I'm only a 7 stone weakling so it's not as if weight-wise I've needed to cut out treats, but sugar-wise I obviously do. I never was...

I recently read a fascinating article bestowing the virtues of raw organic chocolate. The nutritional value of raw cacao beans sounded wonderful - good for the heart, safe for diabetics, the delights of organic chocolate bursting with goodness, poly-phenols, anti-oxidants, nutrients and...

I recently read a fascinating article bestowing the virtues of raw organic chocolate. The nutritional value of raw cacao beans sounded wonderful - good for the heart, safe for diabetics, the delights of organic chocolate bursting with goodness, poly-phenols, anti-oxidants, nutrients and...

They were VERY intersting replies - thanks! Sassy, you were right, Daisy followed with substantial info and advice. I need to read all that again, slowly, digest it all and research some more - that gives me a good foundation to work on - many thanks, Daisy. And Anne, it was really good to hear...

I'm confused as to why I have prediabetes. This has shown up in an NHS routine blood test and I need to be tested again in 3 months after trying to change my lifestyle. I'm 64, slim, eat well and am active. I had breast cancer last year with surgery, radiotherapy and now a hormone blocker called...

Thanks Squire, for your post. My drinking as far as the NHS guidelines go is off the richter scale! This is why I want to think it's alcohol that's caused it because it gives me the resolve to quit and is a problem I can do something about. A bottle of wine is generally 9 units (12% vol 75 ml...

Hi - I'm Cherry and this is my first post. I'm 64 years old and recently underwent surgery for breast cancer, followed by radiotherapy and now an oestrogen blocking pill (called anastrozole) for five years, oh - and a whacking calcium Vit D supplement to ward off thinning bones. Hopefully all...