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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 1792583" data-attributes="member: 355878">I would type out a copy of one of the doctor provided diet sheets I was supposed to follow to reduce my cholesterol - but I took them all out into the back garden and burnt them the day I was diagnosed with diabetes.Lets just say that it was very carb laden - porridge or shredded wheat for breakfast, wholemeal bread sandwiches with a good thick soup for lunch and lots of rice or potatoes for dinner, skimmed milk, low fat everything and a couple of pieces of fruit - I think a banana and an orange or apple were on the last one. No eggs or cheese, lean cuts of meat but oily fish was OK.It was three or four times the amount of carbs I eat now - three meals and two snacks as I recall - I reached 264lb on it, because it was essential for my continued good health to go on eating at that rate.</blockquote>

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