It's beginning to be more evident that sugar 'feeds' cancer too!
Has anyone else tried taking plant sterol tablets as an alternative to statins or Benecol type products ? I did, purely as an experiment to see if they did make any difference to cholesterol following the GP's insistence that mine was higher than it should be (but still within "normal" parameters )
and that I SHOULD continue with statins despite horrific side effects which they seem to believe were all in my mind anyway.For me, they did work, but having established that they did and showed the GP that my hippy ways worked, I stopped as I'm not at all convinced that my cholesterol needed adjusting in the first place.
Since you are a woman there appear to be no possible health benefits to taking satins in the first place.
Droool! Does anybody have a granddad with an odd work sock or two?I can beat that, on a Friday night we sometimes make a home-made curry and I make my own garlic butter to make garlic bread, I use two bulbs to make it nice and garlicky
I don't know if you have a Lidl near you but they sell garlic in a basket of about 12 bulbs, the bulbs are unusual as they peel just like an onion and don't have the individual cloves like normal garlic does, it makes it much easier for chopping or grating.
Right, I have to stop reading this as I am coating the ipad in saliva now!I love the lidl garlic I think it is a Chinese variety but not sure We roast the bulbs whole on the BBQ and it tastes like garlicy toffee I havnt tried roasting in the oven but it should work in the same way ,and I have never seen a vampire
CAROL
OMG she needs ... dishonour
I find that a lot with Lidl they will have something for weeks then don't have it again. I used to get my celeriac there but have not been able to get it there for over a month now...did get the garlic though
I am concerned that as a statin taker I am regarded as a second class diabetic somehow betraying the rest. We already have enough of the type 2 bashing from the popular media.
My regime of Newcastle diet, low carb, metformin and statins, exercise has worked for me. I don't like taking medication, but will not be stigmatised because I do.
There's no such thing as a second class diabetic so don't worry
Just ignore any negative media reports, there are 3.2 million people in the UK with diabetes and 90% of them are type 2, it is thought that another 600,000 people are walking around who have yet to be diagnosed with type 2, the media do have a habit of getting things terribly wrong.
Thanks noblehead. It is not the media I worry about. Just some of the posts on forum.
We all have our methods of controlling our diabetes, but not everything works the same way for each of us. We need to find our way, but recognise that our own way is not the only way, and respect that others could have found the solution for themselves that is totally the opposite to one's own but no less valid.
Well said. Some people have terrible reactions and no benefits. Other people have no bad reactions and clear benefits. I think there is reason for caution but we shouldn't be telling each other scare stories, telling each other what to do, and definitely not being critical of each other's informed and considered choices.I am concerned that as a statin taker I am regarded as a second class diabetic somehow betraying the rest. We already have enough of the type 2 bashing from the popular media.
My regime of Newcastle diet, low carb, metformin and statins, exercise has worked for me. I don't like taking medication, but will not be stigmatised because I do.
I would give you 20 likes for this post Pipp if I could.Thanks noblehead. It is not the media I worry about. Just some of the posts on forum.
We all have our methods of controlling our diabetes, but not everything works the same way for each of us. We need to find our way, but recognise that our own way is not the only way, and respect that others could have found the solution for themselves that is totally the opposite to one's own but no less valid.
Why? I am female and aged 66. Statins are prescribed for me, but I have stopped taking them. I could do with an easy to understand reason to give my GP!
Thanks noblehead. It is not the media I worry about. Just some of the posts on forum.
We all have our methods of controlling our diabetes, but not everything works the same way for each of us. We need to find our way, but recognise that our own way is not the only way, and respect that others could have found the solution for themselves that is totally the opposite to one's own but no less valid.
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