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One of the biggest barriers to professional acceptance of the LCHF diet has been the HF- high fat bit. And yet without it the diet is a terrible struggle! Partly through steady pressure by people like Zoe Harcome and Trudy Deakin the 'all fats are bad and saturated fats are very very bad' dogma...

The paper version of our article was only published today which possible explains the preponderance of non-doctor interest so far. Another reason is the huge number of intelligent folk internationally who feel let down by conventional medical advice around diets for people with diabetes, This...

Just look how well this low-carb article is doing world –wide! Partly due to this blog and the powerful responses that some of you have had published alongside the article itself Latest statistics from the international Altmetric monitoring system: A patient request for some deprescribing...

Yes I feel there is a ground swell of a better understanding that 'sugar is evil' and that fats such as butter are not as bad as we thought These two give the LCHF approach a better chance The very fact that the BMJ agreed to publish shows great progress -on top of which partly because of the...

As regards Metformin as you read in my paper one big study thought it very helpful but another large French study really wasn't so sure Personally I would always give a patient the option of weight loss FIRST before starting Metformin I have been doing this for nearly three years now and not one...

Dear Friends as part of my efforts to get the low carb diet recognised as a viable choice for people with diabetes I have managed to get this into the BMJ-published today It's a detailed analysis of a case of someone with type two diabetes who came off all his meds (metformin statins...

Yes please The message is low carb helps fatty liver as well as type two diabetes

Yes it's important to apply the 'what's in it for me test 'that you mention which is the reason sites like this work so well! I must try and get open access for the article so it's free to view when published meanwhile I'm trying to get publicity for the summary of the work that appears at the...

Good question We managed to get a one off grant from our CCG for £7500 but otherwise we funded the work all ourselves The savings are not given back to us so we really paid for the work ourselves I would estimate it costs about £10000 a year to run for our practice but that would still leave the...

Yes I suspect there is an important link here ! Prof Roy Taylor has looked into this. I think its all in his 2012 Banting Lecture At least for some patients in the liver, excess dietary glucose leads to hepatocyte triglyceride accumulation (fatty liver) which in its turn leads to insulin...

My interest in GGT and liver blood test results was that in a practice of 9000 patients well over a 1000 had an abnormal GGT result - for years I didn't really know how to advise my patients or what this meant. The received wisdom was that they were drinking more than they let on, but I find...

We now have well attended bi-monthly group meetings- this week it was on 'speedy green smoothies' As you might expect the carb reduction is just good sense -the fat increase is harder to get over but is so important.

Yes! For once I am hoping the cash we have saved will cause some wider interest in our approach

AT LAST!! after so much work over three years our article is to be published this September in Diabesity in Practice. the Editor has agreed for you all to have a pre-publication summary. this is part of my efforts to get recognition that the low carb diet is a valid choice -not just for folk...

Late Reactive Hypoglycaemia ?? sorry to be a disappointment but no I haven't come across this condition Nosher

I am not sure , the guidelines are still awaited- I think? - and the article says ' In the coming months, the secretaries will review the DGAC recommendations; consider comments from the public, academics, advocacy groups, and industry; and finalize the Dietary Guidelines.' but here's hoping!!

For many who find this forum I think the point is that their official advice upto now has NOT included the option of low carb high fat A related worry for me is through my career I've noticed type two diabetics are presenting DECADES younger than when I qualified in medicine in 1982 And that...

Fair point Brunneria

Well here is at least one UK doctor that agrees with every word in that presentation ! For someone with type two diabetes sugar is poison and starchy foods like bread pasta and rice are actually concentrated sugar. The only problem is the permanent giving up of all forms of sugar For many of my...

Good point Sally So often folk assume that low carbing is the same as the old Atkins diet which involved lots of protein (often meat) which could be a burdon to some people's kidneys The newer forms of low carbing I prefer have a much greater emphasis on green veg and healthy fats Another point...