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If you make your food choices a lifestyle you are more likely to succeed than if you see it as a task to complete. Be ruthless, strip your kitchen of any food that doesn't look the way it was harvested. Trash the soft drinks and fruit juices. If it's not in season, particularly fruit, it...

A year ago my blood sugar levels were fairly well controlled, with an HbA1c of around 38. Nevertheless, my T2D and neuropathy was not improving and my background retinopathy incrementally getting worse. To end that downward spiral I started a low carb high fat diet. I couldn't count calories or...

Just had my first full blood test following starting my keto/IF regime nearly a year ago. HbA1c 23, lost 15k in weight and keeping neuropathy and background retinopathy manageable without medication. Having largely removed processed carbs from the diet I cannot see how I could have coped if fats...

I am not sure where you are getting your research or which cardiologists you are relying upon for your assumption that fat is an issue. We now know that there has not been any controlled tests which have identified fat as the cause of cardio-vascular disease. What we do know is that as...

What do you eat in the morning? if you eat any processed carbs in the morning, e.g. bread, cereals, porridge, etc., you may be triggering a sugar demand during the day. If you feel hungry in the morning then, if you have not already, concentrate on fats and protein, e.g. an old fashioned...

Pro. Taylor's research is now becoming widely accepted but he hasn't appreciated the effect of fractose. That sugar is metabolised solely by the liver, which can only turn it into fat and the first place it will dump it is in itself. The logical conclusion for reversing T2D is to drastically...

You have to be careful with using China and Japan of 40 years ago to support a theory that high carb doesn't cause T2D. 40 years ago in the the East, 60 years ago in the Mediterranean and even in Europe, people ate sparingly, 2 or 3 times a day, largely whole foods that included fat. Snacking...

I cannot comment on anyone's medical and nutritional expert. What I do know is that when I was diagnosed 6 years ago with T2D I was told next to nothing, given the Diabetes Handbook v8 that recommended upto 14 portions of starchy foods and despite annual checkups have not been given any...

As a T2D I cannot comment on the health risks of a T1D fasting. I imagine great care needs to be exercised in regulating your insulin during the day. If your getting heartburn then the only suggestions I can make is that before you start a fasting program you prepare your body by going Keto and...

I think there should be a distinction between carbs in wholefoods and those in processed foods. Many people find that carbs in whole foods, which come with fibre, vitamins and essential minerals have little impact on insulin production. If you have a BS monitor it is worth trying each food and...

The problem with the counterweight diet is that it cannot be maintained unless your planning on living off soup for the rest of your diet. To resolve your issue as best you can means making long term lifestyle changes in your eating habits which can be sustained for decades if not the rest of...

Shopping around for a GP and moving surgeries is hard enough as it is without the added hassle of trying to find a GP who has any let alone diabetic nutritional training (it's not part of the doctor training course). Diabetic nurses are also taught within the Government approved health...

As I understand it T2D, and in deed other insulin related metabolic disorders have one or a combination of two issues (usually both). First, rejection of the cells of the insulin caused by excessive high long term insulin levels. This can happen when fat or thin. Second, fat accumulation in and...

I don't advocate vegan diets because the body has difficulty using the protein and other nutrients from carb based foods. In addition, you need to supplement the B vitamins, particularly B1 and B12 as well as iron and other essential minerals. Vegans also have difficulty getting the necessary...

Tea has no carbs or protein or other chemicals which would raise your insulin levels. Certain fruit based teas may have a little sugar in them, so check the ingredients. The reason milk was originally added to tea was to stop it from staining the cup. But when you add milk, what your tasting is...

Why are you on a low fat low salt diet. I can understand the low carbs/sugar, as nutritionally carbs are not essential and nutritionally suspect, particularly processed carbs such as grains, juices and sugary drinks. Fat is an essential nutrient, the body needs fat to feed off, process nutrients...

An interesting piece, but I can vouch for the effectiveness of a Keto diet and intermittent fasting. It took me 55 years of bad eating habits to make me a T2D. It took me 3 weeks of Keto to come off my meds. The suggestion that I can in the forceable future go back to bad eating habits and my...

When I was diagnosed with T2D 6 years ago my sugars were around 23, my feet suffered from pins and needles, constantly thirsty and needed to pee regularly. I was placed on metformin for the diabetes and gabapentin for my neuropathy. I was then sent on a diabetic course where I was told to have a...

I saw that program and what I understood he was saying is that he took metformin because it lowered his insulin levels which in turned allowed the anti-ageing and cell repairing enzymes to work their magic. Perhaps he was too lazy or stressed from his long hours of research to reduce his insulin...

I agree that ultimately it is your choice over what you want to eat, good, bad or indifferent. Advice was sought and different views and recommendations have been expressed. It is your choice as to whether you accept or reject any of those in whole or in part. So whether you are or are not...