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Hi everyone, I have an appt with an Endocrinologist on 1 April. I was diagnosed in 2010 with Post Prandial Reactive Hypoglycaemia with lab reading of 2.1. In 2012 I was diagnosed with Rapid Gastric Emptying. I am having trouble with energy/muscle shakes followed by my thigh muscles feeling as...

I bought some Freekeh and found I can eat this with hardly any increase in my BG. As I am trying to eat LCHF and the fact that the Freekeh didn't adversley affect my BG is it okay to eat this quite high carb food as part of LCHF?

Since I started eating LCHF I have put on 3/4 stone. i am seeing my Dr on Thursday and think I may have to have a cholesterol check, If my lipid profile has gone up and I am offered statins I am nervous about taking them and wonder if anyone on here has any info, good or bad about them. Thanks.

Hello everyone, I wonder if you can give me some advice. Since September last year I have been using the LCHF way of eating. I haven't found it too difficult to reduce my carbs down to approx 20g per day but I don't think I am feeling as well as I should. Could it be that I am not eating...

I have just returned from a hilly and extremely windy 3 mile walk with my husband. After about 2 miles and at the top of one of the hills, I was really shaky, breathless and a bit dizzy. My waking bg was 5.1 as I was hungry during the night and had eaten nuts and 2 raisins. I had just finished...

I have been sticking to 20g of carbs or less per day, in total, and it is working well. If for example I had 10-20g of carbs per meal x 3 meals in one day, would these carbs build up in my body or are carbs cancelled out with insulin at each meal? Just a thought as I have no intention of testing...

Hi Everyone, I have awful aches and pains in my legs, thighs and eyes this morning. I am on LCHF but had small bowl of rolled oats porage yesterday morning and 2 oat cakes with peanut butter mid afternoon. Was that too many carbs? Regards

Hi Everyone, Post prandial Reactive Hypoglycaemia I am having terrible muscle shakes, anxiety and can't think clearly this morning. I am doing quite well on very low carb (about 5g daily) keto although I am not quite 2 weeks into following it very carefully.I have been feeling so much better...

I read on this forum that Virgin coconut oil is good for your brain. Can anyone give me suggestions for using this oil in daily cooking. I bought some yesterday and find the sweet taste too sweet for cooking savoury food and I don't eat sweet food. Thank you. Atlantico

Just read this article, Daily Express 13 April 2018. To look it up, just type in the 'heading' above. Regards Atlantico

I have just read an interesting article on the above site called "What is carb intolerance" by Dr Aseem Malhotra so decided to put it on here in case anyone wants to read it. Regards Atlantico

My 'normal'BG is around 5.2 and when I drop to 5 my thigh muscles start seizing up and I get symptoms similar to hypos and these get worse the lower I go. I feel at my best around 5.6 but my problem is, if I use sugar based things to pick me up, the sugar causes me to have dreadful pains behind...

Hi Everyone, Has anyone felt as though their thigh muscles are seizing up? Two hours ago I ate half a round of small Burgen bread, buttered with roast beef and cheese on. One and a half hours after eating it I started very deep yawning and my thigh muscles have gone very tight. This isn't the...

Hi everyone, This morning my pre breakfast reading was 5.1 I then had 1 rasher of fried bacon, a few mushrooms, 2 eggs and a small slice of Burgen bread, buttered and a cup of boiled water. I wasn't able to test until 1.5 hours post breakfast and my reading was still 5.1 and I have just started...

I have Post Prandial Reactive Hypoglycaemia. Since 25 August this year I have been following the LCHF way of eating. I am now finding that I am unable to tolerate even the smallest amount of carbs before I start very deep yawning and get blurry vision and dreadful pains behind my eyes. Is this...

I am just starting out on the LCHF way of eating and am finding it quite easy to follow, so far. I am concerned about all the extra 'good' fat I should eat as my Dr has told me to try and reduce my cholesterol levels. Is this not a contradiction?