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Several places, Longdendale Trail, Heysham at the end of Morecambe Bay, Elbe Cycleway, AireValley Cycleway. There are loads more, Penistone to Dunford Bridge, Monsal Trail, York to Selby, Hull to Hornsea, Rother Valley Park, Harrogate to Ripley. The point is, wherever you live, look on the web...

Cycling is dominated in the UK by road racing bikes. Enthusiasts are hell bent on improving their PBs and giving it all they've got. And that often on roads with heavy traffic. Some young men take an alternative path and go in for difficult, and sometimes dangerous, off road routes. Thrilling...

It can in some people yes but it is short term. It's nothing to do with carbohydrates but caffeine can affect your metabolism. In the case of diabetics, it can lower your insulin sensitivity. But, the effect usually passes as your metabolism adjusts. It is probably because you are not used to...

Could be anything. Ask the GP for a referal to the podietary service. They check a few things including the blood flow and sensitivity. In my case, the tingling is a known side effect of a drug I take. I also have to be careful with the shoes I wear thesedays.

Ah, just seen this. 51 isn't that far into diabetic territory and you reacted immediately losing weight and changing diet, so it is not a suprise to me. I was 86 when I started. Just remember, if you have reversed your diabetes, you don't recover all your beta cell function, some function is...

Ramipril is normally taken for high blood pressure, not high blood sugar, so I'm not sure what that is all about. Eating very low carb will reduce your BG levels but, if you have lost a lot of weight, you may have re-awoken some of your slumbering insulin producing beta cells, before they...

If you ate nothing at all for a few days, your BG readings would drop down to around the 4.0 mark and then your body would create new glucose from stored lipids to top you up. Your BG readings rise again. Its the rate at which they climb, how high they climb and how long they take to come back...

That's one of the problems with Desmond courses - no follow up. You'd think a 'let's meet in 12 months time and see where we are all at' would be a useful think to do. However, I am still talking to one other guy so I will definitely pass the link onto him and he is the sort to read it with...

We had a couple of blokes who didn't appear overweight at all but who had been diagnosed on my Desmond course. They were both in their 70s. I've just been chatting to one guy, aged 73, cycles regularly 4 to 5 hours per session and has a BMI of 23.

Or how much damage has been done to your beta cell mass? People who have had undiagnosed diabetes for a long time are likely to have a reduced potential than someone who reacts quickly after. I think one of the research aims of Taylor's team is to image the beta cell mass in order to assess the...

This sounds as if it is based on Roy Taylor's research at Newcastle. There are some caveats though and it does not cover all types of type 2 diabetes, a diseased pancreas for example. The principle is that everyone has a personal threshold: "A crucial point is that individuals have different...

The now oft heard statement that you can 'reverse your diabetes' is a bit of a misnomer. What is possible 'for sufficiently motivated individuals', to use Taylor's words, is that the so called inevitable progression of the disease can be stopped. This is apparantly due to the discovery that the...

This is the one: Mind you, some of them make you think that they'd benefit from being warmed up and served up with some salt and pepper. In truth though, you do eventually get used to them. The ones I find best have some unsweetened almond milk or coconut water, some various green leaves...

All too easily done. You just have to redouble your efforts and get back into the frame of mind which gave you your initial success. You know it works. But I agree, giving up on old habits can be as difficult as giving up on smoking, as far as that little voice in your head is concerned. I am...

Most articles have some sort of sensational or new angle. Most of what needs to be said has already been said and now its just said with a different slant on things. In general, men die earlier than women anyway. Most diabetics die with the disease rather than from the disease. Stop reading...

I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in 2002 and was in the very severe category. The likely cause was very high blood pressure. Medication brought that down and the DCM returned to normal, until last spring. Although the blood pressure was normal, when the DCM returned I had developed an...

Oats So Simple are highly processed and they will put a lot of their carbs into the bloodstream quickly. Oats are easily digested as it is, so you don't really want speed the process up. If you want oats and if you have the time, use steel cut oats, not rolled oats. Mind you, they take 45 mins...

Honey is a difficult one because it depends on the fructose content. Some honeys with 35% to 45% fructose can be in the low GI range, 35 - 48. Table sugar on the other hand has a GI of 58 - 65. Most supermarket honey has a GI of 58 and a tablespoon has about 17g carbs. You will probably find it...

I can imagine that a zero fat diet will cause enough weight loss to unblock those beta cells Low fat, low calorie, low carb and exercise. Weight comes off quickly at first but then the rate slows down. But patience is a virtue here. As a diabetic you're in it for the long duration, not just...

I tried a zero carb but unlimited protein when it was fashionable in the early 1980s. What's not to like about unlimited bacon and eggs for breakfast, steaks with creamy sauces etc? The weight did come off but I was heartily sick of it after 10 days or so. The idea was that you did it for 10...