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I'm coming to realize there is a possible link between salt and insulin. Its possible that insulin causes salt retention which may contribute to high blood pressure -this could help explain why someone going on the low carb diet passes so much urine in the first few days. The lower insulin...

I am a keen runner and used to pre load with carbs before running as well as jelly beans while running For the past two years I have been low carb and run without any of that rigmarole and never get a hypo as I suppose I,m running on fat Surprisingly I have done faster times in races too !!

Well done !! Very clearly put Similar experience to quite a number of my own patients Thanks for including the link to my work too. I hope to have something more comprehensive out in Diabesity in practice soon

I went to her book launch, and we may be planning some joint work!

Low Carb case to be in British Medical Journal, the fourth most important medical journal in the world As part of my campaign to bring this approach to the notice of the medical establishment I have preliminary agreement to publication of a 2000 word article featuring someone with type two...

While researching for my 'low carb and the liver article' which is so nearly ready, and shows some great results from carb reduction in people with non alcoholic fatty liver disease I came across the following, rather surprising advice from Sugar Nutrition UK which I suspect represents sugar...

I was present at the book launch on Monday There was even TV coverage Have a look at Itv Callander News items on the web You can see Trudy and some other folk taking an interest too Much talk of fat !! I should say I think the book rather good .

I have seen a copy of this book and thought it was quite sensible In fact for a better look I will go to the book launch next Monday in Hebden Bridge and get one. More anon

Certainly the idea that most fats are not nearly as bad as we thought is gaining ground in the medical world, after 30 years of low fat dogma the BMJ published a great piece on the history of low fat advice just before Christmas. Here is one of the responses...

I think its fair to say DUK remain nervous about low-carbing -but at least there is more talk of respecting patient choice and working with it. My hope is that blogs like these are gradually democratizing medicine so at least folk can find out what their choices are. I worry that a lot of health...

Just today I submitted the low carb and the liver study It has taken two years and an hour every day for the past six months so I need a breather for a while before I start a new thing ! The point about diagnosing someone as pre-diabetic it that it brings with it a good chance ,a hope of not...

Drilling down into our data The average reduction in HbA1c if we just take those with a starting result of >47 mmol/mol the T2DM, was 16 mmol/mol this is better than would be expected from the best drug we have -metformin And as an average I was pleased with it. I have preliminary interest...

Sorry Douglas that was sloppy late night responding With the advent of HbA1c most doctors have just about stopped doing GGTs By sorted I should have explained that patients with previously diabetic results >47 mmol/ mol ended up with normal or pre-diabetic results The average dropped from 52.4...

Good point Prof Roy Taylor of Newcastle University makes another. He noticed that many folk have abnormal liver function tests, notably GGT levels for years before diabetes itself becomes evident He says there is a 'long silent scream' from the liver before we become diabetic. It's important to...

Yes - I think it is well worth watching reassuring and well researched Why oh why no UK version yet?

You make a good point -for type two diabetes, insulin resistance is probably key. Here is an interesting study in exchange Mary C Gannon123*† and Frank Q Nuttall13†’Control of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes without weight loss by modification of diet composition Nutrition & Metabolism 2006...

A researcher in the low carb field was explaining to me that there is some evidence that diabetic controll can improve on the diet without weight loss This hasn't been my experience particularly- Have any of you found this to be true ?

When I re wrote this I should have added the results for average serum cholesterol after a year on the diet were about the same as after 6 months

I thought it could be a good intro to the subject . It's evidence that things really are moving towards more acceptance of this as a valid dietary choice - the stuff on running of interest to me as I have noticed I run well on this diet .

I was wondering why so many positive low-carb comments from Australia? An ABC Catalyst TV documentary shown a few weeks ago is the answer see http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/lowcarb/ From the length of the comments page it has really caused some interest. Have a look, I think its the best TV...