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I cook at home every day and only go out occasionally - that is why I found the £7.25 price of a tuna or ham salad so eye-popping!

It's going to take time for the world to catch up with us low carbers , I know, but imagine my frustration when I was helping a friend who was recently bereaved and it became apparent she needed sustenance. I let her choose the venue naturally as I wanted her to feel both at ease and tempted by...

Yes funny how their idea of URGENT! and yours are so out of whack - hope that appointment comes soon!

He just agreed to test the urate levels in my blood and said to take painkillers and sent me off for a blood test. The NHS online gout stuff gives you a clue to what causes it if you are on the diet because a lot of oily fish is high in purines and I definitely eat a lot of fish. So I have...

Hi Went to see GP because I had painful gout in my toe and after reading the NHS advice online about gout had spotted a line saying low carb diets may promote it. I was amazed to hear said GP tell me that the LCHF diet I am on for diabetes is the hottest topic in medicine at the moment. He...

Yes I am a Type 2 that got diabetes through not knowing I have a severely underactive thyroid. My sugars were 32 when diagnosed 2 years ago and they are now 5.9 on 6 month check ups. Sarah as you will know has a thyroid condition and recommends the low carb diet for that too. I use the malt...

I burn these articles in the smoker I use for my bees!

I agree giving up starchy sugary fruit is a bummer and yes berries seem sharp when you first get used to them on their own - however having dialled down my taste buds after months eating only low GI fruits I think they are delicious and really sweet!!! - I use nuts, olives and pork scratchings...

Yes LCHF although I personally follow a strict version of it if that makes sense

Yes I got the recipe from Sarah Wilson's I Quit Sugar book: ( I use Green and Black's 85% dark as I found using another well-known brand did not work nearly as well) coconut oil, butter or ghee for greasing I large or 1.5 small courgettes i cup (225g) almond or any nut butter I egg A few...

You might all like to know that a brave GP in Crawley has got some money to try out the idea of health coaches for diabetics as she recognises that the traditional 10 minute appointment when you are diagnosed and given diet, meds or insulin followed by a 6 month check up is not adequate and...

Thanks for this and other comments. The medics in the discussion did nod agreement to a ketogenic diet being good for Type 2s but not for Type 1s. I felt particularly sorry for one Type 1 lady who said she had been giving herself too much insulin for 12 years and had only recently been taken...

Admittedly from a small sample of the Type 1 diabetics who recently attended two sessions discussing a new diabetics service being introduced in Crawley, I was amazed that they were not being encouraged to go onto the LCHF diet to reduce their dependence on insulin and avoid hypo's etc. In fact...

I have been on the LCHF or ketogenic diet for a year and have seen my cholesterol drop in that time - my diabetic nurse is now not pushing me to reduce cholesterol at all as the good cholesterol has gone up at the same time while the bad has dropped. I eat full fat milk, cheese, clotted cream...

Only Desmond offered and I went and yes the group speaking aspects were undesirable to many in that room. I thought it was effective about the serious complications but very INEFFECTIVE at pointing to a helpful low carb diet instead concentrating on telling us to make sure we had a third of a...

My reading was 32 taken at the last appointment in a Friday GPs surgery a year ago where I had gone to confess that I had a constant thrush infection that I could not get rid of using over the counter meds. I was told to eat nothing but vegetables and meat for two weeks and to go to hospital for...

Yes thanks for that too - fat chance of me getting anywhere with my GP - have very heavy workload next week and cannot sit on phone asking for one cos I have to leave for work before the phone lines open! But will try as soon as I can - I have gone from being someone who never saw a doctor to...

Thanks Bluetit, Yes that could be why - I use new sterile lances every time and only test when I am ill as I am stable on an Low C High F diet but had nasty virus recently and went very low as a result of it so did test myself. i like to know the reason for things so thanks for replying...

Hi all, I am sitting here with a swollen index finger on my left hand and the remains of a nasty finger nail bed infection on my right. I have never had these things before and I wondered if they are a complication of diabetes? Angelmum21

Hi Maggynherky, You are right - Thyroid UK have taken that bit off their website but they do still have charts you can fill in. I have found another site that explains clearly that the test is good for persuading your doctor to get the dose right and it is here...