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Oh thank god. I know how I sound, I do. I seem to be going through an awful paranoid phase at the moment so I apologise for how I am coming across. I can't even remember where I read it- I'm sure I read it on a few websites... I guess that's one of the downsides of the Internet. Thanks for...

Hi all, I am a bit paranoid at the moment. I have recently been to the Drs for full blood tests etc and any form of diabetes has been ruled out. However, I have also been using a monitor at home and I am slightly confused by something... First of all, my levels have always been good (I...

Wow Sid! Congratulations! Always good to hear about people losing weight... But I especially like hearing from the people who have maintained that weight loss. I have lost just under 4 stone over the past 2 years and absolutely terrified of putting it back on! It's not that I don't trust...

hi Sid, would you mind letting us know how many carbs you eat, roughly per day? Especially interested in how many you ate when you were losing the weight? Many thanks! Sorry, edited as I meant to add my thoughts... I'm no scientist so can't comment on the weight gain issue as a fact or not...

PS. I am not referring to Lyle McDonald as an obesity doctor by the way, I just thought it was a good link that explained things simply!

I have received back a few emails from obesity doctors and a few people who know this stuff a lot better than me and they ALL verified 100% that carbs are very rarely converted to fat. (None of them have anything to sell) Here is one link- http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-lo ... t-fat.html...

Hi Sid, That is my thoughts as well to be honest. I follow the laws of thermodynamics- but then you get people saying they are gaining weight while eating carbs (even under maintenance) so what is going on there? Water/ glycogen weight, under-reporting of caloric intake- or are people with...

Hi all! The title says it all really. Do carbs promote weight gain- even if eaten under maintenance? I keep seeing people recommending Gary Taubes books and this is what he tends to say. Also- on the diabetes.co.uk main page they say that it's fine to eat starchy carbohydrates, however on the...