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Did she say 'Newcastle Diet' at any point and say it would be for a short time only?

Reading the ingredients list on groceries is certainly an eye-opener when you start searching for low carb things rather than just low sugar. It sometimes seems like deliberate health sabotage on a worldwide scale. We lived in Eindhoven (Netherlands) for a while and met the manager of a local...

Sounds like you have advanced to T2 expert level very quickly indeed and we are all admiring your Lebensfreude. I'm a Scot, brought up mainly in England, but have spent lots of time in the Freiburg area of Germany. I agree with WeeFergus that a Scottish throat can master a soft 'ch' better than...

Of course. I should have googled. I bless it every day.

That's the one - and the other one from Being Human is in 'Banished', I see.

Hello and welcome to the club, Enjoy your wine, if it's relatively dry and the sugar has fermented it is low carb. Well done on the smoking. I quit almost a year ago and found it surprisingly easy. I wish I could have some of that cash back. As to diet, there's a lot to learn about. You'll...

Oh definitely - although I will already have to iplayer the first episode as I missed the start. I loved the original series and the new Ross was good in that series as a vampire. Don't remember the name. Brain fog!

I do exactly the same. Doesn't help that things are very stressful at present and I am waking early and lying there, fretting and imagining a cartoon-like picture of cortisol squirting into my blood.

I'll be honest. I made an attempt at biscuits with P28 High Protein Peanut Spread/White Chocolate, this afternoon. I used two tablespoons of the spread, about 100 g of ground almonds, two tablespoons of protein powder and one egg. Food processed to a ball, divided into 18 (was trying for 20!)...

Still haven't got around to doing anything but tasting a teaspoonful of this to be honest, but I am planning on making something along the lines of Scandi's peanut cookies. Maybe half a jar, a little powdered sweetener, an egg and some ground almonds to firm it up. I'll give it a go tomorrow.

I lost 3 stone with Slimming World 17 years ago (!) on Green (Carbohydrate) Plan. It worked so well for me and I felt very healthy. Red (protein) days seemed to halt my weight loss completely for the week. Of course, I later put the weight back on and yoyoed many times over the years. I did...

Such a sad story. I'm waiting to hear the rest.

I find it hard. It's one thing to think 'I'm diabetic, I can have a cooked breakfast, except for toast', it's quite another to get up an appetite for it. I try to alternate yoghurt and berries with eggs in some form. If I can be bothered to make it, a sweet omelette with blueberries is always...

Well, it's maybe a bit much to expect my other half of 30 years to suddenly take an interest in them, but I am quite bendy and can't resist raising them to my nose and having a sniff. I really can't understand it. The amount of quite new slippers I have had to bin because they made me gag! TMI?

I'm the same with the solid coconut fat. I started using the dregs in the jar as a moisturiser on my feet. It's rather strange. I used to be famous for my smelly feet, now they smell rather like digestive biscuits!

Many thanks for the Night Nurse capsules hint. I will make sure I keep them in stock. I rarely get colds or flu - and was jabbed this year - but came down with flu about 10 days ago and am still suffering some effects. The pharmacist basically talked me out of most of my old favourites - Lemsip...

It would be handy to put something between two slices of wholemeal from time to time, particularly when travelling, but IBS would stop me even if Type 2 didn't. I sometimes miss a breakfast cereal or porridge as mornings are horrid enough without having to make a decision about what to eat. Mr...

There you go. As with many unpleasant things in life, the anticipation is worse than the experience - and that's the most personal film you are ever likely to see!

From another colonoscopy veteran: I went with light anaesthetic rather than general, so was also awake to see my beautiful insides. I found the process fascinating and not at all painful. The extent of the clear-out from the purge can be rather shocking though. I felt fine and clear-headed...

Speaking of cauliflower cheese, I wondered how to replace a bechamel sauce base, then discovered the joy of double cream and mature grated cheddar, warmed together until melted.