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There is no difference in the carbs - the weight is different as it absorbs water, but if you start off with X gm of carb before cooking there's more than likely going to be X amounts afterwards - you might lose some into the cooking water, which you then throw away, but there is no magic involved.

Sometime during the twelve days of Christmas I will make some desserts with the mince meat I bought. I make almond and coconut flour 'bowl cake' in various flavours from time to time, but at this time of year I add a large tablespoon of mincemeat, and the traditional spices - I have been known...

I restrict food choices to those of 10% carbs or under - it means, for instance, that strawberries are OK but rice is not - it seems to work wonderfully. I have found that restricting calories doesn't work for weightloss as calories are not a fixed factor - I can eat more calories if the food...

Unfortunately the problem is not sugar intake, it is carbohydrates, starches and sugars combined, as they all end up as sugar in the blood when digested. Reducing sugar intake can help if the diet is high in them - but problems can arise if 'healthy' starchy foods are predominant and are pushing...

My licence has been restricted to 3 years due to sleep apnoea and during Covid the renewal was not done before the renewal date was well past, but I continued to drive as I had no reason to believe that it would be denied. Eventually a new licence turned up and all was well, but I had to see...

I had covid and then caught 'flu' about three days after a second negative Covid test - the first time I went out. The 'flu' was worse than the Covid I think - it is just over 2 months since the first positive Covid test and I am still feeling rather feeble from time to time. I am being careful...

My visceral fat fought back valiantly against weightloss. I used to see my waist reducing by an inch or so, then it would suck in fat from elsewhere, upper back, thighs, arms - even face or neck and expand itself again. I had a 24 inch waist in my teens and early 20s - I have mini skirts which...

I remember only too well when I was seen by the practice nurse and then by my GP on subsequent days, it was very hot and I'd been working hard when I saw the nurse in the late afternoon. She weighed me. Next morning I went and was weighed again. I had not eaten anything as I was too hot and...

'fraid I chuckled. I can be wicked at times. I eat at 12 hourly intervals - though these days my breakfasts are rather small - today I ate an apple and some cheese, but then poured myself a jug of coffee and added cream so not really all that frugal. My meals are nourishing and sustaining, but...

I found eating low carb - foods 10% carbs or less was where I should be. I feel better, lost weight, have gone through Covid and then flu straight after which I have survived - still a bit amazed by that to be honest, it was bad.

@Maggie75 Hopefully you can get the pain sorted. I had a stomach ulcer way back - but very memorable. It was sorted out by accident when I needed a long series of different antibiotics for something else, so I was glad to read that you are being started on them as a precaution even before...

Just checked and I might have a ridge on my nails - but I just recovered - or at least I survived, Covid and then 'flu' plus I missed quite a few days taking my thyroxine. I took a bit of a hammering to be honest. I also did not do the encouraging of circulation to my feet with hot water and...

Your signature is showing 'type 2' and treatment is 'other' so possibly misleading is a bit of an understatement. My intake of any kind of sugar is low - at the moment it is one medium apple a day and that comprises most of my 'allowance' of carbs. We do not need any carbs in our diet - fats and...

@Bobby105 we don't need any sugar at all - we can live without it, starches too. I set my personal limit at 10% for those foods which do contain carbohydrate - which means that I have a wide range of options, but I am perfectly happy to eat a salmon salad or to have steak, onion and mushrooms as...

High cocoa content chocolate is not high carb - even, with my very low tolerance for carbs have high cocoa chocolate bars - from Lidl - in the fridge almost all the time. I don't at the moment as Lidl don't do deliveries and I am not up to going out but it is the first time in years. The local...