Recent Content by paul5040

Hi Yes both tests were fasting. I do not eat a lot of oily fish, just the occasional bit of salmon but I do eat a lot of olives (every day) and use olive oil to cook with on occasion.I will start to introduce some into my diet. Like I said earlier I am consuming a lot of double cream in coffee...

Do you think that perhaps I have not given it a long enough time between tests as I have only been on LCHF for 3 months and I did stop taking my simvastatin in early february? I think i'm going to cut the cream out of the diet for now and make up the loss in calories with more advocado and nuts...

Hi I had my lipids and HbA1c tested back on 2nd feb which came back as follows: TC 4.2, HDL 1.1,LDL 2.4 and trigs 1.5 with HbA1c at 40mmol/mol. I have just got the results of the same tests conducted last tuesday 18th April, these are as follows: TC 7.6, HDL 1.5, LDL 5.2 and trigs 2 with HbA1c...

This thread is making my bg rise, cant read any longer.

how about food ?

hi i am type 2. and still learning a lot after burying my head in the sand for the last 7 years. but i feel im going in right direction now thanks to this site. managed to drop 2 stone in 3 months he wants me to give another sample tomorrow, so i'll see what he's got to say about it and hope...

thank you robert, unfortunately my gp is not open to discussion about my new diet regime, he just tells me to eat well balanced diet with plenty of carbs and wont accept my arguments to the contrary, in fact dismissing them all together. i have asked him to have a look at the dietdoctor website...

hi been on lchf diet now for a week now and feeling good up until drs appt today. he basically didnt agree with it. i provided a urine sample and he informs me that ketones are present. he seems concerned, should i ignore his advice about diet? my bg levels steady throughout day between 4.9 -...