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Spirit01

Spirit01

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I wrote a post on here a little while ago about cheese Consumption. I do want a lot of cheese every day & from the answers I got back it seems like I'm not alone. I've managed to get hold of a handbook called X-Pert Diabetes version 11. It seems a really useful handbook but if I'm reading it correctly I shouldn't be having more than a matchbox size piece a day? I'm eating LCHF but the portions according to this book are tiny of everything. Has anyone else studied this handbook?

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I found that such handbooks make great firelighters for my wood burner.

Cheese is wonderful, low carb, nutritious and taste marvelous.Ignore the book and search for threads about cheese on here : )

I limit my daily intake as I am trying to lose weight, but cheese is my go-to when ever I want to nibble or feel hungry.
 
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I wrote a post on here a little while ago about cheese Consumption. I do want a lot of cheese every day & from the answers I got back it seems like I'm not alone. I've managed to get hold of a handbook called X-Pert Diabetes version 11. It seems a really useful handbook but if I'm reading it correctly I shouldn't be having more than a matchbox size piece a day? I'm eating LCHF but the portions according to this book are tiny of everything. Has anyone else studied this handbook?

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PS Your other thread about cheese is here: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cheese.124997/ if you cant find a previous post you have made, click on 'your content' from the drop down menu under your name at the top of this page and all your previous posts will show up for you to find them.
 
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I've managed to get hold of a handbook called X-Pert Diabetes version 11.
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I have not read the "handbook".

We buy two to three kgs of cheese per fortnight as it is low carb and high fat, so a win win solution.

My bgls, hba1c, and I have lost weight following a mlchf diet.
 
If you are happy with your weight then eating a lot of cheese is not a bad option.
 
Oh dear that's my issue, I'm far from happy with my weight. I'm 61 I have a 50 inch waist & unfortunately I weigh 20 stone. Mind you I was 24 stone in 2015. If I stayed home all day I could follow the nice 3 meals a day i.e. a small fry up but I don't have that luxury so it's a small box of cheese to last all day & then a cooked meal at night. I do make my own yoghurt (Easiyo) which is my only "treat"

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Try cooking meat that you can have cold the next day. Cheese is very energy dense.
 
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Oh dear that's my issue, I'm far from happy with my weight. I'm 61 I have a 50 inch waist & unfortunately I weigh 20 stone. Mind you I was 24 stone in 2015. If I stayed home all day I could follow the nice 3 meals a day i.e. a small fry up but I don't have that luxury so it's a small box of cheese to last all day & then a cooked meal at night. I do make my own yoghurt (Easiyo) which is my only "treat"

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I have slices of cheese and cucumber. Or cheese wrapped in lettuce, with some salad to nibble. What sort of things would be your daily menu for a typical day? Maybe we can help you tweak it?
 
There's not a day passes that I don't eat cheese and this has been the same all of my adult life. I wasn't overweight at dx and have lost weight on LCHF. If it is "energy dense" then that is a good thing isn't it? I want my energy to come from fats not carbs.
 
Spirit01 said:
I wrote a post on here a little while ago about cheese Consumption. I do want a lot of cheese every day & from the answers I got back it seems like I'm not alone. I've managed to get hold of a handbook called X-Pert Diabetes version 11. It seems a really useful handbook but if I'm reading it correctly I shouldn't be having more than a matchbox size piece a day? I'm eating LCHF but the portions according to this book are tiny of everything. Has anyone else studied this handbook?

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Spirit - How old is the handbook you have? The only reason I ask is I know Trudi Deakin, CEO of X-pert has changed her views on diet and nutrition in recent years. https://www.xperthealth.org.uk/

A couple of years ago, Trudi wrote a book called "Eat Fat": https://www.xperthealth.org.uk/Shop/p/handbook-lowcarb-highfat-lifestyle

There's probably a clue in the name of the book as to where her current thoughts are on diet. The book also talks a bit about weight reduction.
 
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it's a small box of cheese to last all day
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I like cheese as well, this might be interesting http://time.com/3819348/cheese-good-for-you/ and if you like grilled cheese sandwiches the "read next" item is amusing as well.

At over 100 calories per ounce it might be an idea to weigh the cheese that you eat. I have found that the only way to help with losing weight is knowing exactly how many calories you are consuming and to do that you have to weigh everything.

I know that there are many who will say calories aren't important but they quite clearly are for some probably most of us.
 
Speaking of grilled cheese sandwiches, I recently bought some Morrisons high protein bread and ate one thin slice (8g carbs) with melted cheese before bedtime. I was expecting my glucose levels next morning to be higher, but it turns out they were lower than I was expecting. So maybe the combo of a small amount of carbs and protein in the bread plus fat (cheese) acts a a block to the morning glucose dump from the liver. I tried this a second tine with similar results.
 
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