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Try the Lidl Greek Style 10% fat natural yogurt - 2.8g carb/100g. It's also quite good value at £1.58 for 1000g.

I gave up statins and will never take these drugs again. My cholesterol is now up to a healthy level and I'm happy. Interestingly, my DSN gave me a booklet from the BHF and within are comments and cartoon style pictures suggesting that saturated fat clogs up arteries, much like flushing fat...

Hi Mat, You seem to have a reasonably good range of items in your list. I agree that it's not really very low carb but presumably better than you have consumed in the past. I notice that cheese is missing. Any specific reason? I coudn't survive without it. I would also include green and red...

This issue is covered by Gary Taubes in his book "Good Calories Bad calories". Scientific research into fattening diets proved that people eating more than 5000 calories per day could still lose weight. This was achieved via a combination of protein and fats but no carbs. In fact, one of the...

Hi Nic, Couldn't resist standing up for the wonderful egg! Adverse comments normally come from the anti cholesterol brigade but many experts in nutritional science believe that free range eggs are one of the best food items you could possibly consume. I certainly eat at least one egg every...

Don't forget that protein will be converted into glucose and you need to allow for this in your insulin dosage. It may say "carbohydrates - trace" on a pack of cheese but it will still push up your blood sugar but more slowly. Dr Bernstein also confirms in his book that the process of eating...

I am also an advocate of Dr Bernstein's book and made the same transition. You must keep tabs on your blood sugars before and after meals to see how things work out for you. There are no hard and fast rules, as we will all react differently. You must test your blood sugar frequently. I am doing...

Hi Ray, I would just be firm and explain that by visiting sites like this one, you would like to try a low carb regime in order to see whether you can get on with it and whether it helps your blood sugar control. Your need for insulin may also be avoided by reducing the amount of carbs that you...

Don't worry about the level of your cholestrerol. What you eat has little effect in the case of most people. Since I turned low carb 2 years ago and ceased taking statins, I haven't felt better and my bs are much better. My DSN keeps going on about cholesterol but I've read lots of contrary...

No, it isn't right I'm afraid. Cooking onions will increase the carbs - they caramelise if you cook for long enough. The same can be said for most root veg as well, especially parsnips, carrots etc. As a low carber, I never eat onions - raw or cooked but you could use spring onions if you are...

Diva, whilst I can see the logic in eating carbs before driving to make sure you don't go too low, you still have to deal with the rise in bs later. Far better would be a tighter regime where you can be more confident that the chances of going too low are much less likely. In my case, this has...

I have absolutely no doubts whatsoever that the clinical trials referred to in this article will have been funded by one or more of the drug companies, which surprise surprise, manufacture statins. They are extremely clever and devious in getting this stuff out, so be careful. I stopped taking...