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I'm glad you've got some sort of answer, RRB, and that someone is at last taking you seriously! Something similar happened to me. I'd been complaining about back pain and my right knee not functioning properly for years, and just got told to "go away and lose weight". Ha! I lost weight and...

I prefer to eat about 30g to 50g carb daily; I don't tolerate carbohydrate well. Other forum members can happily eat as many as 150g daily, but I don't think many of us go much above that level unless we use insulin. On insulin you can adjust the dose to compensate for the amount of carbs. If...

I have to disagree with you, EllisB, about our bodies needing carbohydrate to function. All carbohydrates are metabolised into glucose, which will be used as the primary fuel. If we don't eat carbs, or eat only a very small amount of them, our bodies turn to a perfectly natural mechanism called...

Very well done, Mike! :clap: :clap: You should be feeling very pleased with yourself. Keep on as you are, but don't be surprised if you slow down a bit. Isn't it nice when all your clothes are too big? :D - if a little expensive :lol: . How are your BGs doing? I postponed my blood test by...

Did they tell you why they think you're going into the menopause? Why do you think you are? Were the blood tests the two (FSH - follicle stimulating hormone - and luteinizing protein) which are used to confirm it? (I think I've got the names right!). Do you still have your uterus and both...

Hi Stueys No, 4.7 is nothing to worry about. NHS Type 2 target levels are: 4 - 7 before meals less than 8.5, 2 hours after. I would prefer less than 7.8, 2 hours after eating. In fact, I aim for non-diabetic levels, which are: 3.5 to 5.5 before meals less than 8, 2 hours after eating which...

Very many older people living at our latitude come out of the winter with a Vitamin D deficiency. Most of our Vit D is made by the action of sunlight on the cholesterol in the fat under our skin. I take 4800IU of Vit D3 every morning in winter (Oct - March), 2400IU daily all through the summer...

Maybe I should have said "gossip column"! :lol: Viv 8)

It's turned in to a sort-of "chat room"! Mr Tibbs still hasn't come home, but there have been possible sightings of him around the rabbit warrens. He'll probably come home in October, demanding vet treatment and good food before he goes off again next summer. Dratted cat! Viv 8)

Hi Carol It may be better for you to reduce your carbohydrate intake slowly, rather than dropping down to 25g immediately. Try working your way down from, say, 100g carb daily, dropping 5g or 10g every week. Go for low-GI carbs - as you say, much fruit has too much sugar - apricots, plums, all...

My cat, adopted in mid-January, walked out on Easter Sunday and hasn't been seen since. There's a rumour of his presence at the caravan site behind the pub, 3 fields away - maybe he's trying to hitch a lift back to Bracknell? I know he can survive as a stray and there's lots of baby bunnies...

Sid, the target HDL:Total ratio is 3.5:1. So under 3 you are better than excellent - I think! Viv 8)

2 for me - but I don't want my cholesterol to be below 4, thank you! My lipid profile meets all the present requirements, and my Total:HDL ratio is better than good - so why should my total be below 4? I'm happy with below 5 - and so is my GP. Viv 8)

The best blood pressure and lipid profile/cholesterol results I get are when I'm following my 30g of carb per day Atkins-style diet to the letter (it's a sticky thread in the Low carb section if you want to look at it). On this diet, my blood glucose levels are normally within the non-diabetic...

I'm afraid that's a complete myth. All carbohydrates are turned to glucose in the body, which goes round in the bloodstream to fuel our organs etc. Excess glucose is stored as fat - mainly triglycerides, I think, which are not good for us. But carbs are not the only source of fuel for the...

Re: Comments on Low carb diet - a newbies guide It's not unusual to hit a plateau with weight loss while low-carbing. I doubt if the olive oil is making too much difference - but in all this horrid cold weather it's only too easy for carb levels to creep up without us noticing :shock: . I...

Can I suggest, Yorksman, that you forward your last two posts directly to a Minister of Health (contact email addresses available at parliament.uk (or is it .gov?). I can't remember the names of any of the Health Ministers just at the moment, I'm afraid. I think you've just quoted figures that...

Infections tend to raise blood glucose readings, and eating very little would only encourage your liver to dump glucose into your blood to keep you going, so don't worry about that episode too much. I don't even bother testing when I get a cold - I just concentrate on self-pity and being...

A word about hypos - anyone can have a hypo, whether diabetic or not. It happens rarely, but it can be as a result of too much exercise, or not eating often enough, or in my case (in my heavy-drinking days :oops: ) as a result of too much alcohol. Among other things - sometimes they seem to...

Have a look at Viv's Modified Atkins Diet, which is a Sticky Thread in the Low Carb section of the forum. It gives you between 25g and 30g of carb daily, mostly from the veg, and you can eat as much as you like of the listed foods, except where quantities are actually given. You will never be...