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I think it's a pretty common problem on short-haul/budget flights. Airlines try to maximise revenues by charging as much as possible for 'extras', like checked baggage. Passengers respond by ignoring the cabin baggage rules and trying to bring on oversized bags plus shopping, and the odd kitchen...

Also agree. Medical practitioners have to follow approved guidelines, and if they don't, risk sanctions up to and including being struck off and unable to do their jobs. So if the official diet guidance is the Eatwell plate, that's what we'll be told until that changes. And getting that changed...

Get thee to the doctor, and good luck! And also ask about podiatry if you've not had a referal. As well as a pedicure and advice, there were also a bunch of booklets explaining what to watch out for. Also check your diet's giving you enough calcium, sodium, potassium, iron etc and your doc may...

Presumably something that suppresses angiogensis would also improve outcomes? So slowing or preventing a tumor improving it's blood supply and then growing. I'm guessing this is also like the Ivor Cummings thread, ie specific types of tumors. I'm also guessing in this case, it's helped by the...

I'm not so sure:- So modified two agressive cell lines to prefer ketones. I think that's a bold claim, and misses out some qualifiers, like 'could drive', or 'might drive'. But from my reading, the paper shows that cells modified to prefer ketosis like ketones. It seems a stretch to then...

Especially if the tonic contains quinine. Helps prevent malaria! Or may be contraindicated with other medications. Or just hard to find decent tonic water. This could be useful non-medical advice for Londoners given they're restoring wetlands that were drained to prevent the ague, or malaria...

Just because he's a professor, it doesn't necessarily follow he's a learned fellow. Sometimes it's a title for time served, and tenure can mean an escape from 'publish or perish'. Profs have postgrads for that. And there can be caution needed with an Emeritus Professor, because that means...

Congratulations, and keep it up! And maybe spread the word. I had similar results and DN wanted to know how I did it... LCHF and the help from here!

Good luck with the scan! As for pain.. Have you asked GP about gabapentin? I'm on 3x600mg with 30mg codeine as needed for neuropathic leg pain. My pain specialist also did a sympathectomy on one leg, and that's improved circulation & reduced walking pain a bit. That's a simple procedure, but a...

Thanks for linking that.. It was quite.. enlightening, especially with regards to lobbying activities and 'healthwashing'. I guess we should also thank the Russians for sharing all the Coca Cola documents in the DC leaks. I guess that may also show how their people were deeply embedded in the...

I think it's pretty normal to hit a wall. Often the first kilos are easy, then it's harder work to shift the rest. Can't comment on post-partum specifics though. One thing I've noticed from friends though is the hidden exercise that comes with child raising, ie weight lifting kids. Which is good...

That looks rather tasty.. Think I'd be tempted to add some bacon/smoked ham/sausage and set into that with some nice Lombardy wine and fresh bread. Then leave it to settle in front of a nice fire rather than go yomping up the mountains. Agreed, and I blame marketing. So look at a typical...

I also blame the French! Especially the thin ones who can eat a rich meal with wine and lovely French bread and stay skinny. **** them! But that's also why I think the '5 types of T2' study gets interesting. Some of us may just be unlucky and genetically predisposed to carb intolerance/insulin...

That's certainly true for me. So it was kind of enforced, ie T2 being carb intolerance. Once I realised that, I became much more 'carb aware', and thanks to the folks here, dug into metabolism and nutrition and why 'normal' diets can be a bad thing. Problem is changing public perception about...

Depends. One of my favorite sausages is Krakus Kielbasa Zywiecka. 100g gives me 216kcal and a mere 0.5g carbs. Also contains sodium erythrobate. No idea what that is, but tasty to this particular reprobate..

That's what I've been wondering. So picking on another category, "meat products, such as pies, pastries, sausages and burgers". Figure on a quality sausage or burger, it should be largely meat with maybe some rusk/onion/seasoning. Ok, so some might shrink by 20% or more during cooking as they...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43201586 This could be fun. The 13 food groups cover a pretty broad range, and obviously exclude some high calorie/carb foods like fruit.. Because obviously that would conflict with the "5 a day" advice. One of the 'groups' struck me as a bit odd, namely...

Thanks for the update, looks like I'll have plenty to watch and educate me soon!

I'm a "know your enemy" kinda guy. So first identify your targets, then eliminate them! That involves a glucometer, scales and looking closely at the lables on food. Don't go "Aha, fiend!" when you find high carb/sugar quantities, because other shoppers will give you funny looks. So there's...

Ah, so.. Whether you are low carbing or not, you must burn off 3,500 more calories than you take in to lose a pound of fat and you must eat 3,500 calories more than you need to gain a pound. A rather gross oversimplification. Not all calories are created equal, and we don't process them the...