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Pretty sure I've seen him saying things very close to that in an interview. I remember him mentioning occasional fasting, low carb, and checking levels regularly to ensure good overall control following completion of the diet. I guess he's more concerned with passing on information to GPs and...

Quite so. I'm already benefiting enormously so there's every incentive to keep at it. I looked at the non-responders in Taylor's data and he makes the point that weight loss of around 11kg dropped the BG down on average from 10.4 to 7 but that "this abnormal level presaged the all-too-familiar...

Thanks. No question of changing the plan or dropping out. Totally committed to seeing it through and even, if necessary, extending it a while. It's good to try to figure out what's going on individually at the moment but we already have the evidence from Taylor and others about the success of...

Week 4 Day 24 Wednesday 3rd January. FBG 6.7 Weight 101.1kg Again no clear reason as to why the blood should have risen again. Nothing at all eaten that could explain this. I've been at 30 units of insulin for five days. Insulin of course slows down weight loss and the liver recovery is...

I've been following the Newcastle Diet with SlimFast shakes for three weeks now and my blood sugar has already normalised and my weight is coming down nicely. As long as you stick to the ND recommendations, which are 800 calories total per day from shakes and not carby vegetables, it seems to...

Congratulations. After the first couple of days, I noticed that I wasn't hungry. Keeping busy helps I think, not having time to go and eat means you don't think about what to eat. Good luck.

Yes, I take the point. Some folks prefer to stop all the meds from the outset but I was a little more, perhaps too, cautious. I agree that for a short while it won't make a lot of difference but one of my primary aims is to get and maintain very good control so, since it doesn't take any more...

Week 4 Day 23 Tuesday January 2nd. FBG 5.9 Weight 99.9kg. Quite pleased today. Double figures with the weight at last, and the blood is back down to the 5s. Neither by very much of a margin but certainly in the right direction. I had a bit of a rise with the BG following my cut of the insulin...

Congratulations. I wish you every success.

Good luck.

Yes, this business of the protein metabolism in the liver can be very confusing and I've seen this account many times, but it's important to see the difference between protein breakdown (proteolysis) and glucose synthesis (gluconeogenesis) because they are completely different metabolic...

Week 4 Day 22 Monday 1st January. FBG 6.5 Weight 101.7kg I can't see any reason for the slight rise in FBG except that I reduced the insulin down to 30 units a few days ago. Since then the level has risen little by little. My cough has gone, I don't feel ill, I haven't eaten anything that...

Yes, I think Fung has a huge amount of clinical experience and clearly has a lot of success with patients. I'm not knocking that at all. Turning that clinical experience and treatment into a consistent explanatory theory would enable the treatment to be refined and made more effective. There...

Hi @Begonia, I'm not aware of any original research by Fung but he does reference his work very extensively. Maybe others have come across original scientific material but I've only seen the popular blog material which does contain some data, just not peer-reviewed and published in journals. But...

Week 3 Day 21 Sunday 31st December. FBG 6.0 Weight 102.0kg Blood seems a little raised this morning and I've kept the insulin at 30 units for the third day. Yesterday my levels were around 6 all day except for immediately after the shakes. Perhaps this morning is a reflection of the lower...

Hi @contralto, Yes, I've read Jason Fung's stuff, his Obesity Code and a number of his blog articles. There's quite a difference between Fung and Taylor's approach and I've found Fung to be too conversational, using metaphors to try to explain insulin resistance, and not scientific enough in his...

Week 3 Day 20 Saturday 30th December. FBG 5.5 Weight 102.0 kg The blood is still within normal range despite the insulin down to 30 units so I'll maintain it at that level. I'm getting a good recovery after the shakes and getting a decent hilly walk in each day so it's all good. The weight...

Yes @ringi, I agree that glycolysis occurs during aerobic exercise and as the glycogen store is depleted, it's possible again for the store to be replenished if the glucose can get into the muscles. But the problem is the insulin resistance. Just because the glycogen store is depleted doesn't...

I wondered that myself recently @ringi and I've tested it a couple of time with a 25 minute very hilly walk around our little town. Starting from 6-ish it went down to 5, then the shake took it up to around 9 and after 90 minutes, back down to around 5-ish. What was curious was that there didn't...

Week 3 Day 19 Friday 29th December. FBG 4.7 Weight 100.9kg Given that my blood is back in the 4s, I've reduced my insulin again today down to 30 units, from an original 56 units. I've noticed that after a shake my blood goes up to around 9 but then comes down within about 90 minutes to less...