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I see, the opposite of vegan. But why is it called zero carb when it isn't? Is it popular in USA?

I am on a 20g carb diet. I always get under that and often under 10g/day. But I don't see how I could get down to zero carbs, even lettuce, green veg, cheese and eggs have a small quantity of carbs. A cup of black tea has 0.2g carbs. And frankly, I don't see the point of going below 10g...

Yes, I am a member. I think I get good value from the subscription because I read all the articles, watch all the presentations, videos etc I also use the recipes, but, as you say, they are available for free. So if it's just for the recipes, no, but if you are interested in the technical...

It is a pale, creamy fawn colour.

I bought some "Sevenhills Wholefoods Organic Raw Psyllium Husk Powder 500g" from Amazon. I have made naan bread (a la Diet Doctor) with it and it was really good and not purple. But I have not actually baked with it, so you never know. It cost £9.99 for 500g, plus free delivery.

A good question and worth answering. Unfortunately, a lot of the posts have descended into anti-UK and anti-US rhetoric. Seems to me that countries all over the world are struggling with the problem of how to provide good healthcare and benefits to their populations when there are rich, poor...

I used to have private insurance via BUPA, but left when they put the cost up to £6000 a year because of my medical history (God knows what it would be now). So I decided to use the NHS and pay for private treatment when I needed it (and save an awful lot of cash). I have found that if you...

Having read up on this, the research I have seen suggests that total cholesterol in the 5-6 mmol/l range is beneficial (ie decreased mortality) to men and women over 60. The benefit is more pronounced in women. There is also no real evidence that LDL is harmful, except for particular types...

I am a type 2, not type 1, so I can't comment on your bs. But I do believe that a cholesterol level of 5 to 6 is perfectly fine and even advisable over a certain age. So 80mg seems ott to me. My cholesterol is 5.8 and I have reduced my atorvastatin to 10mg and I intend to come off them...

Hi, your post really made me think. I suffered from the cold after I started with diabetes, which was a big change for me - I always called everyone here soft southerners and walked round in my shirtsleeves in the winter. The change was really sudden and I even got Reynaud's disease where your...

I see that the latest advice is that triglycerides are the most important number as they have a direct relationship with small dense LDL, which is thought to be the main bad guy. You won't get the triglyceride number unless you tell the doctor and get a fasting blood test.

Well, I reduced from 40 to 10mg without asking the doctor and my numbers are now good. The last step will need negotiation between me and my wife (who will listen to the doctor). I do have a strong family history of heart disease (my Dad and his brother and 2 sisters all died before 68 from...

I am going in the opposite direction. I had a blood test recently and my total cholesterol was higher at 5.8, but, having researched this a great deal, I was actually pleased with that result. In fact it was just what I had hoped for as a result of my LCHF diet. I believe a level between 5...

My practice does non-fasting blood tests as standard, I presume for economy. These tests only report TC, HDL and non-HDL. To get LDL and triglycerides, I would need a fasting test and I expect that will be one of the outcomes from my next visit. I would also like to find what type of LDL I...

I went to see my diabetic nurse this morning for a check-up and my blood test results. Her first comment was "your results are excellent, how did you do it?". I said LCHF, which she had never heard of. My HbA1c was down from 41 in April to 31 in December, which earned an excellent on the...

Copy all the above and some. 30 years depression, 12 ECTs, strait jacket, sectioned, months in mental hospital, every psychiatric drug you can name, alcoholism. Yet I have got through it and achieved a lot. Sometimes we are our own worst enemies, I was on a destructive spiral and I think ECT...

Well, that's reassuring at least. So perhaps it's just keto flu after all. I am very carb sensitive, so I think it takes very little to throw me out of ketosis and this may happen accidentally. What blood ketone meter do you use, please? I use a Ketonix breath analyser, but it is not wholly...

Thanks. Yes, I take half a teaspoon every morning. Perhaps I should increase that as the symptoms are keto flu-like.

I originally submitted this post asking if anyone had heard of this sort of problem (fuzzy head) with metformin and ketosis. No answers to that so far, so I'll take it as a no. Shame about all the nit-picking, but you get that on a lot of forums.

Such cynicism... He is a doctor and he has stuck his neck out like so few others. He writes intelligently and I respect his opinion. He certainly knows more than me and my GP.