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No money in it for big pharma, so we'll never get a decent trial. The anecdotal evidence is good enough for me.

I think everyone is different. I miss certain foods too much, so do use some bought items (frankenfoods as some people describe them). These help me stay at 50-60 grams of carbs per day.............find it difficult to get lower. I use a lot of Joseph's tortillas or pitas, hilo bread, livlife...

Well done. If you believe Malcolm Kendrick, which I tend to, then cholesterol has very little to do with anything. Even HDL=good, LDL=bad is too simplistic. There is no doubt a very low cholesterol is very bad for you. Most doctors won't see it this way, but I would just ignore your cholesterol...

I have been low carb for 5 months, and using freestyle libre, I'm certain I get lower post-prandial readings with bitter melon. I take the capsules (karelobetic brand). Recently saw a diabetes specialist, who said high doses of bitter melon can cause liver problems, so I'm limiting myself to 1...

Also, just to say that although gluten is undoubtedly bad for me, I cannot live without bread. There are a lot of low carb breads available which are palatable, and don't spike me too high. My favourites are Joseph's low carb pitas which I get from Amazon. I might have one with a curry (no...

If you test test test, you will discover how many grams of carbs you can get away with. I really miss oven chips, but I now occasionally have a box of Mccain micro chips with an evening meal of meat and a creamy sauce (I don't eat other veg - just don't like it). One box is 30 grams of carbs...

Good luck, I'm a bit jealous. I've followed the research on gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes very carefully, and I'm a big fan of Rubino, who seems to have proved conclusively that most diabetics see blood sugars normalise quickly after a bypass, and before any weight loss. There was some...

I use Joseph's low carb pita breads as a pizza base................works well, and about 4 grams of carbs, so makes 8-10 grams of carbs with a bit ot tomato paste. I get them from Amazon, and can highly recommend - very little BG spike.

Don't seem to be many other people using it, like me, who are not on insulin. I can imagine that if you are on insulin, it will become indispensable pretty quickly.

Hi, It is not a controlled experiment, but I have introduced them one at a time over a week or two, so on bitter melon for 4 months, Ivy Gourd only for past week etc. Also mix and match timings, and the freestyle Libre has helped me get some idea of what happens when. Probably costing me £70 -...

Just finished my second sensor, first one used in April. Bit more disappointed. First one read consistently 0.5 below my finger prick readings, which was fine as made a simple calculation to adjust. Second one read about 0.4 above blood at low readings, but variable 0.5 - 2.0 above at higher...

Hi, started low carb 5 months ago, with good results, but find it difficult to get below 60-70 grams daily (I miss oven chips so much) back in Feb, an Indian friend suggested bitter melon, but as I hate vegetables, I bought the capsules (karelobetic). I found they had an effect.........my BG...

Just to let you all know I have abandoned the Thiosulphate experiment after 3 days.................no obvious effect, good or bad. Apologies to those of you who feel I have drawn too much attention to what you see as bad research. I will not post in this thread again, so it will drop out of...

Many thanks, followed the advice as you can see!

I know this is the wrong place to ask, but how do you get all the info about your numbers and investigations etc to appear at the bottom of every post?

I've tried to mix melted 85% choc, double cream and erythritol in the past, hoping to make something that would taste like a cadbury's dessert pot............didn't work, but nothing wrong with dark chocolate and cream - bet it didn't spike you at all.

Brunneria and kevinpotts, just wanted to say, love all your posts, in this thread and elsewhere. I bought the obesity code a couple of weeks ago, so must read it now. Will seriously consider IF after I have finished my little Thiosulphate experiment.

PS, Thought about experimenting on our beagle first, but that would just be cruel. He complains enough about the cigarettes and cosmetics. Only kidding

Thanks for all the replies, The Apricot Kernel/Laetrile link is interesting............it was why the research bulletin caught my attention. I was involved in some research 15 years ago on sulphation pathways in autistic children - we found very low sulphate. It is known that cancer cells lack...

I have been low carbing for 4 months, and every day I have either Hi-Lo bread (from selected sainsburys) or livlife bread (I order online). Both 4-5 grams carbs per slice. Also have a lot of Josephs low carb pitas, ordered from Amazon, which hardly raise my BG at all. This week, via the forum...