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I don't hate all carbs UPB - just the ones that cause problems. I daresay that had my diet from birth not followed the path of the 'normal' high-carb, high-sugar Western diet and had been based around mainly good wholesome natural foods, then the occasional foray into chocolate cake, crisps and...

The whole point of low-carbing is to stabilise blood sugars and lower them. It looks to me as if you are actually taking too much insulin for what you are eating. I have gone from taking 3 x 850 Metformin and 2x20 units of insulin to (sometimes) one Meformin in the morning and normally one in...

Yes, mine too! I've lost a lot of the 'old ladies' wrinkles from the back of my hands, and the 'liver' spots have gone too! Mind you, I have been eating a very 'clean' diet in comparison to my old one and have been following that for the last 18 months or so, so it is not surprising if my...

IF you have issues with the digestion of fatty foods, then that is where coconut oil comes into its own. The structure of it means that although it is a saturated fat, it does not work in the body in the same way and does not need much if anything in the way of bile for digestion - one reason...

Why don't you try upping your fat intake a bit so that you are more satisfied for longer? Interestingly 'the anticarb' found that going low-carb actually suppressed his appetite. Are you going low enough? I understand where you are coming from with the veg, as I have never been an avid fan...

I find that taking magnesium helps. I take one 250mg tablet a day if I get a bit 'bunged up'. Certainly my friend the coconut oil is good for that too. Keeps the 'engine' moving! I do find that too much dairy has that effect on me so I tend to limit it. If he gets very bunged up, milk of...

I don't condemn antibiotics per se, just how they are used. I think like a lot of things they can be useful, but are also capable of doing damage if not used properly. When I was a child AB's were given out like sweeties for everything, whether they were needed or not. The Medical...

Hear, hear Ming. I know that I wouldn't be half as well as I am if I just sat back and waited for the Doctors to sort me out - in fact I might not even be here at all! UPB - all I am saying is don't believe everything Doctors tell you. Find out for yourself. I spent years believing Doctors...

I can't speak from experience as I don't suffer with depression (plenty of other things, but not that!). What I can say is that my daughter does, and she definitely is a carb-aholic when she is low. Because she was badly affected by the Anti-Ds she decided (with a little prompting) to try St...

That looks good Patch. I might try that one - I wonder if it would go a lot firmer in the fridge though as coconut oil is solid when cold. It would be interesting to see. In Mary Enig and Sally Fallon's book 'Eat fat, lose fat', they use a mixed blend of equal parts of coconut oil...

This is an excerpt from Bruce Fife's book 'Eat fat - Look Thin. The whole lot makes for interesting reading but I thought that the sections on Free Radicals and Oxidisation of fats - especially heated polyunsaturated vegetable oils was very enlightening as was the section on sugars...

Communicate??? They don't have time to communicate. You're fortunate if you get five minutes then it's 'next please'. When my digestion was really bad and food was going in one end and straight out of the other, I ended up in Hospital. Although they had been advised I was coming they didn't...

They tell you that antibiotics kills Lyme Disease (Borrelia) but in reality it rarely does. I post on another forum where there is a thread for people with ongoing Lyme Disease who have not recovered through antibiotic use are still and continuously looking for a remedy for their often...

In my experience, Lyme Disease, if that is what it is, is never 'cured' by antibiotics. If it is something else, then maybe, but these things never come on their own, and antibiotics can often (as I found to my cost) be the trigger for a lifetime of other health issues due to the fact that they...

Hi Serena. I have had that back-up you described. At one point it felt as though my heart, liver and stomach were trying to burst out of my chest - very frightening. It has felt as though my colon was in my chest too. Seems like we've been in the same place! I had been thinking of having a...

Hi Ming - have a look at my thread on the benefits of coconut oil - you will be amazed. I sometimes get it from Holland & Barrett but most good health stores should sell it. If you live in or near an area where there are Asian shops, they often sell it (and it is probably cheaper), but try...

Yum Patch, I will have to try the coconut choc. I already drink cocoa with coconut milk (I don't do cow's milk) and now prefer it like that. Now I am reading the excerpt on Google Books of Bruce Fife's 'Eat fat, look slim'. Interesting point - apparently when people eat low fat, the body...

Yeah, he is good but whether he actually has cured it is debatable - but then he is a) American, and they do things differently over there b) he thinks outside the box and c) I seem to remember that he realised the benefit of testing and low-carbing and then had to train to become a Doctor so...

And Doctors have to be the most annoying thing created for us.........if people don't actually get any advice, or help, or support, or understanding from their Doctor, thank goodness they have the Internet to turn to. My Doctor is lovely, but she has not actually been able to help me. When I...

Hi Serena, you obviously are taking a fair bit of oil already so probably don't need to up that too much. I'm not sure what to suggest. Before I dropped the gluten, I had raging diarrohea/IBS. I also dropped dairy at the same time because I knew I was dairy intolerant. It took a while, and...