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Firstly, poor you, sympathise as I had this gut problem more or less all my life (now 68) but it is SO much better after I took charge of a pre-diabetic diagnosis (with zero help and no metformin from GP but that may have been a benefit!) started a very low carb diet (30g a day and NO...

You wrote this 13 weeks ago and I’ve only just read it. How are you doing now? I was looking for a Discussion Thread that would discuss what one can do with a bag of Food bank food if trying to follow a low/no carb diet and came across your contribution. I think you have hit several nails on...

I peel butternut squash and celeriac and cut into small half inch square (or smaller if short of time) cubes and roast (Gas 6/200C) in a tablespoon of olive oil for 25mins....don’t miss potatoes at all then One trick I’ve learnt is to use a smaller plate and make a meal as colourful as...

I decided that it would have to be all or nothing, so opted to keep a food diary (other half made me a class database with clever formulae to do compound dishes - carbs kept below 50g) and cut out all cereals (except small bowl porridge made with water), bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, cakes...

Hi, After 4 months on v. low carb diet, <1000cal/day, Cardio+resistance in gym 3x /wk, I went from 82kg to 70kg and managed to survive (not sure I could say “enjoy”) a 100km walk in 6 days of temps in the late 20degC That was a “holiday” btw! Actually, the sense of achievement at the age of 65...

I was diagnosed a pre-diabetic and “obese” in March 2018 and the GP said I should go on a course, so I contacted the number who were based 200 miles away and had no idea that the Forest of Dean is not near Cheltenham!! Eventually I got a first meeting in Gloucester with a young girl who took...

Hi, good idea for a thread... was diagnosed pre-diabetic in March 2018 (aged 65) and got zero advice from GP “I could prescribe statins” me: “why would you, when my cholesterol is ok and my HbA1c is only 44 so that is what I want to deal with?” Rhetorical question of course. So I read this forum...