I can't sign this without the full carb count--Tesco manage it by putting full carbs under the traffic light box ( after complaints from diabetics). Why can't everyone do the same?
If it takes 20 tries to tolerate a vegetable, I think your body is telling you something.
On 10 grams carb a day, I tend to use fruit and veg as flavourings or garnishes only. It's amazing how much flavour you get from a piggy or 2 of clementine with a slice of good ham.
They do know it doesn't work, they just see it as the "natural progression" of the disease that can't be helped. And they think most of their patients are too stupid and too lazy to really follow any diet for long.
It's taken 2 years of nudging and subterfuge with OH, but now booze and starchy carbs and most sugar are gone-- apart from a little dark chocolate and a daily half a choc ice in a pool of double cream. The transformation in OH's health and mood is so rewarding, it's been worth all the effort.
Everything you say applies to the recommended low fat diet as well as the low carb diet, but our health professionals don't have any problems explaining or promoting low fat diets. The diets should, at the least, be given to patients as an equal choice-- let the patients decide which diet makes...
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Sugar addiction is probably widespread, I know I am one for a start. Have a look at the page above, which has many short articles about the subject. It helps to read as much as possible about this and realize how many people have the...
This was a grim programme for us, but for the general public I think it was a useful wake-up call. I don't think people have the faintest idea just how serious this disease is . My fear is that the public is being softened up for the expense of a roll out of surgery. What we need is a roll out...
Would it help to use the terms "protein food" and "protein". Protein foods would include meat, eggs, cheese etc, foods that contain a significant amount of protein. You can look up the amount of protein per 100 grams of each protein food (e.g. beef) by 1) looking on the back of packets (first...
If you are a sugar addict, moderation with sugar is not possible.
Table sugar (sucrose) has 4 g of carbs per tsp. so not much more than your sweetener.
I think salted nuts are more of a problem- I'm alright with nuts in shells.
I've learned that if I get excited about some food/recipe/meal, that is a warning sign. The best for me is to eat relatively few foods repeatedly, concentrating on quality not variety. Perhaps a little dull, but it's...
Crispbreads are a good substitute, with far fewer carbs. You get the grain taste and a satisfying surface for butter and cheese etc. Finncrisp is my usual, less than 4 g carb per slice.
There's a good seed bread recipe in the cookbook "Real Meal Revolution" if you like the taste. I try these...
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You don't seem to have much idea of what foods are high in carbohydrate. It's not about healthy veggies and exercise, it's just about the carbs. Have a look at the site above, and have a go.
Very few people with ancestors in Northern Europe are lactose intolerant. Butter, cheese and cream have very little lactose anyway, it's only milk some people need worry about.
I had a mustard plaster when I had some childhood disease, and hate the smell. It doesn't make me vomit though.
Daphne, have you tested your BG 2, 3, and 4 hrs after porridge? It may not spike your BG so high, but still have the same effect overall. So many people have trouble with any grains, even the non-gluten ones.
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Hi Kerry--
I love cheese too, and eat it two or three times a day. You can eat full fat cheese in reasonable amounts.
If you find yourself snacking on large quantities, you have to use your common sense. Calories do matter-- but the diet works, not...
B. coffee with double cream
L. scrambled cheesy eggs cherry tomatoes and homemade low carb bread ; tea
D. pork loin steak, a little cabbage, stilton with 2 thin apple slices for pudding
3 squares 90% chocolate spread out
more coffee and double cream
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Hi Kerry,
It might be an idea to print out food lists and put them up on your fridge, just to be clear. Diet Doctor's 3 lists are "eat all you want", "avoid" and "only a little". You can see them on the page linked to above. Many of us here follow his advice...
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The LCHF diet will really help to lower and stabilize blood sugar levels. His very high levels could well be causing considerable damage throughout the body. Here's how you do it. It's not difficult and is very healthy for everyone.
It may be normal, but not very meaningful. The risk factor "Total cholesterol", for example, will soon be taken off the list of "nutrients of concern" in the USA.
Indeed it is unsurprising, seeing as they left out people who were acutely ill!
They showed that replacing saturated fat with...