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For my tea tonight I had an air-fried sirloin steak, fried mushrooms and steamed broccoli & cauliflower. I quite enjoyed it too.

All three, really. The belly pork was dry. The sprouts, despite being fresh, were quite tasteless. And the mash didn't taste much like mash. I realise that this could all be due to a lack of smell (and taste) due to my recent Covid infection. However I'll write this meal off as a bad job.

I did it with sprouts and starch-resistant mash. Whereas it wasn't inedible, it was hugely disappointing.

I *love* Jaffa cakes! :)

I'm not @Mrs T 123, @LivingLightly, but you're probably thinking of Coke Zero. They both have Aspartame and Acesulfame-K as sweeteners. I have Pepsi Max as a mixer with a vodka occasionally, but wouldn't drink either normally.

I'm feeling better tonight, thanks @LivingLightly. It's just a cold, really - I had one last Covid test, so I took it, and that's how I know. I really wouldn't recommend my frozen curry. I admit I was swayed a bit by the packaging, only to be let down by the stuff inside. Never mind, onwards...

I'm doing pork belly tomorrow. Let's see how it goes.

I had a beef madras this evening. It was from Iceland; I didn't make it, and if I did I wouldn't have put a four chilli rating on it! Covid has visited me this week, so I haven't felt much like cooking. However I did add my own mushrooms, and had it with fried cauliflower rice.

It was only half a pouch, @LivingLightly. I froze the other half for next time. I like cauliflower rice, but not with curries, unfortunately.

Lunch was Greek yoghurt, a Braeburn apple and a few Brazil nuts. Dinner was a home made beef Madras (ish) with a small portion of basmati rice.

I just bought a tub of 10% from Lidl. No shortage that I could see.

I think it was slightly smaller. Plus it had more holes in. Plus I had one extra rasher of bacon in it. And I used a different frying pan... ;) But I'm quite pleased with the result.

Well I had the same sarnie again, this time using the fresh artisan sourdough. My reading before was 5.1, and 6.2 two hours later. So that's a bit better.

I've been learning to listen to my off switch. Thanks for that info @AndBreathe.

It could be. But I was after a more scientific explanation.

Like I said, there has only been one occurrence of it in the last year or so. But that's interesting. I've heard a few low carb advocates, for example Dr Berry, saying that low carb cures acid reflux. But they didn't explain why. Maybe you have a point.

Today's lunch was a lamb shank in red wine sauce, with starch-resistant Maris Pipers, sprouts and cauliflower & broccoli.

I used to think it was buttery mash and buttery crumpets which used to set mine off. But I now know (one of) the culprits. Any idea of why though?

I don't intend to. But what is it about the high carb / UPF rubbish that causes it?

I used to suffer from gastric reflux. I used to get it several times a week. In fact I used to keep a packet of antacids on the bedside cabinet to take when it woke me up. But since going low carb it disappeared completely. It's only come back once: when I had a blip, and ate two sausage rolls...