Recent Content by Rachel_Brett

Yes my right arm registers lower than my left.

In direct response to the question - if after 40 years the NHS hasn't realised that their terrible advice for diets hasn't reduced obesity and the attendant issues that come with that, what makes you think they will change now. The only way I see them changing their minds is a)proper...

Can I thank everyone for their responses so far. Like everyone here, it is important to get as much information about this before deciding one way or another, so if anyone else has anything to add to the debate, that would be helpful as well.

Has anyone heard of taking Metformin as a preventative for getting some form of cancers.... I had breast cancer in 2019 (all good now) and I have lost of ton of weight thereby I am now clearly pre-diabetic and was thinking of coming off glucophage once reaching normality. When I discussed this...

It is not uncommon to have a high LDL when going low Carb. There is a youtube TED talk by Dr Nadir Ali which explains why. So hopefully that will help your understanding. The fact that Cholesterol and not Insulin resistence is still used as a guide for monitoring heart and vascular related...

Try Vital Wheat Gluten and see if it spikes your sugars. As long as you are not allergic to gluten this is also 4gm of carbs per 100gms.

I am using the Medtrum CGM. Had some initial teething troubles but now am doing ok. I got option 2. The support is very good, either by phone/email and am quite confident using apps. But the guys at Medtrum are very patient with you.

Typical brekkies is egg on toast - toast is usually seeded sourdough with lashings of butter, lunch is salmon, courgettes and leeks with spinach and cream cheese mixed up, and supper is meat and veg... I drink coffee in the morning, then have got into drinking recently redbush tea, just cos I...

This is how frustrating it is for me. 6 months ago was 6.5 or 48mmol; having lost weight, my number is now 8.5 or 69mmol. Angry or what... I don't get it. I have been low carb for about 3 years now... So I know the drill.

I love my pressure king pro cos it cooks everything all at one time. There are lots of all in one cookers. Have a look and see what one you fancy. Cook what you love, and three, just play.... I mean if you are taking time off, go out and have some fun, wonder around some markets, and see...

Well you look like where I should be going, and haven't made it yet.... So well done. So frustrated with my body. It just won't do what I want it to do.... and in the end a couple of weeks I gave up completely when I got my results that jumped from 6.5 to 8.5. I have been exercising watching...

I have lost the list, but my name is Rachel, am married with 2 adult children who have left home, and I have a hubby still at home. We both run our own businesses, and OH (the hubby) is looking to retire next year. I am passionate about food, and when I got really sick about 4 years ago, or...