Thats a good idea John. Allotment shops! I'll try that. Thanks.I try to when possible buy my veg from local allotment shop you tend to know what your getting then,
Thats a good idea John. Allotment shops! I'll try that. Thanks.I try to when possible buy my veg from local allotment shop you tend to know what your getting then,
I wonder is it possible to buy Israeli olive oil. I tend to trust them more than other Med & Middle East countries. They have more to lose if caught cheating.
I get mine from Greece but its from a lady which lives in UK but has her own olive grove estate in Greece. She imports it for her friends and family in big tins which I decant to green bottles.
Its quite expensive though £35 5L I think now.
I get mine from Greece but its from a lady which lives in UK but has her own olive grove estate in Greece. She imports it for her friends and family in big tins which I decant to green bottles.
Its quite expensive though £35 5L I think now.
you don't have to spread it. I say add it into your soup. delicious.If you don't have the bread what you gonna spread the butter on.
or on a slice of Rye Bread (the cork-mat lookalike type from healthfood shop or 'free from' supermarket shelves) - much lower carbWithout the bread
Hi JohnEGreen... Can I just point out that flax contains plant oestrogen? Probably best for men to not eat quite so much... chia seed is really good and full of fibre... SusiI have cheese on toast with an egg on top only have lower carb bread like Burgen soya and linseed bread and only one slice occasionally.
@Brunneria what is the recipe for the flax seed crackers please as have been using flax seed lately.
People above who are suggesting increasing egg consumption would do well to understand that the science shows a worrying trend for type2 diabetics who go above "recommended" levels of consumption ie not that many. (1 per day?)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683816/
"compared with those who never consume eggs, those who eat 1 egg per day or more are 42% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Among diabetic patients, frequent egg consumers (ie, ≥ 1 egg/d) are 69% more likely to have CVD comorbidity."
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/87/4/964.full.pdf
"Compared with the lowest category of egg consumption, the intake of 7 eggs/wk was associated with a 22% greater risk of death in the absence of prevalent diabetes"
"Conclusions: Infrequent egg consumption does not seem to influence the risk of CVD in male physicians. In addition, egg consumption was positively related to mortality, more strongly so in diabetic subjects, in the study population"
Studies that show positive associations (which btw are all funded by the egg industry) with egg intake, quoted in links above, also fail to mention that the positive associations were only seen when the diet was already low in saturated fats:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586539/
"The background or intervention diet appears to be a key nutritional component. A high egg diet in the context of a background diet that is low in saturated fats (a polyunsaturated to saturated fat ratio > 0.7), or a diet that replaces saturated fats with poly- and mono-unsaturated fats, is likely to result in positive or no adverse changes in LDL cholesterol, and could be safely advised"
Anyway the take away is that the abstract of the study does not tell the whole story. You need to read the full study.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day yesterday. We did here in Uganda. My wife and I decided to spend our last Christmas in Uganda with the people we have come to love and work with these past 15 years.
The children of the Sunday School arranged a Nativity play which they practiced themselves without any teachers having an input. They made their own costumes and wrote their own lines from the Bible. Some parts were very innovative but not contradictive to the Scriptural text. The sermon was thoughtful and inspiring linking the Advent of Christ with crucifixion on Calvary.
Afterwards all the children (about 100) received a soft cuddly toy and the whole congregation (about 170) received a bottle of cold soda (outside temperature was about 80 degrees f). Many people stayed behind to enjoy lunch with us which consisted of chicken, beef, rice, roast potatoes, cabbage, and matoke (a vegetable banana), plenty of saturated fats mixed with traditional FRESH carbs.
The whole day (including lunch and the toys) was paid for by the Free Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland.
In the evening my wife and I were still not hungry so at 9 pm we had a boiled egg and a tomato sandwich. I checked my blood sugar beforehand and it was 13.9 OH DEAR.
Oh dear, indeed! Too many carbs... rice, bread, banana, tomato and potato... Your Christmas sounds wonderful... Happy New Year... Susi
People above who are suggesting increasing egg consumption would do well to understand that the science shows a worrying trend for type2 diabetics who go above "recommended" levels of consumption ie not that many. (1 per day?)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683816/
"compared with those who never consume eggs, those who eat 1 egg per day or more are 42% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Among diabetic patients, frequent egg consumers (ie, ≥ 1 egg/d) are 69% more likely to have CVD comorbidity."
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/87/4/964.full.pdf
"Compared with the lowest category of egg consumption, the intake of 7 eggs/wk was associated with a 22% greater risk of death in the absence of prevalent diabetes"
"Conclusions: Infrequent egg consumption does not seem to influence the risk of CVD in male physicians. In addition, egg consumption was positively related to mortality, more strongly so in diabetic subjects, in the study population"
Studies that show positive associations (which btw are all funded by the egg industry) with egg intake, quoted in links above, also fail to mention that the positive associations were only seen when the diet was already low in saturated fats:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586539/
"The background or intervention diet appears to be a key nutritional component. A high egg diet in the context of a background diet that is low in saturated fats (a polyunsaturated to saturated fat ratio > 0.7), or a diet that replaces saturated fats with poly- and mono-unsaturated fats, is likely to result in positive or no adverse changes in LDL cholesterol, and could be safely advised"
Anyway the take away is that the abstract of the study does not tell the whole story. You need to read the full study.
I have UC so I have not eaten processed food or grains for many years, and grew up eating home-grown food... processed food is a choice in any country but was never mine... my blood glucose still goes up with carbs, so I don't think fresh food is the answer entirely... I control it as tightly as I can because I refuse to take medication... I low-carb-high-fat... such a difference in my life! But I miss lentils, beans, fruit etc... I eat a little sometimes though... Good luck with it all...Thanks Susi. It was a wonderful Christmas. Because I eat only FRESH food in Uganda (even though it is all carbs) my Insulin needs are about 30% less than the UK. Processed foods are the killer in Uk.
I have UC so I have not eaten processed food or grains for many years, and grew up eating home-grown food... processed food is a choice in any country but was never mine... my blood glucose still goes up with carbs, so I don't think fresh food is the answer entirely... I control it as tightly as I can because I refuse to take medication... I low-carb-high-fat... such a difference in my life! But I miss lentils, beans, fruit etc... I eat a little sometimes though... Good luck with it all...
I am concerned that people might take this seriously? I eat at least two eggs every day and control my D2 with a regime that uses a large number of eggs... they are the perfect nutritional package... Perhaps you could so some more research?
HELLO Susi. I agree entirely. I live in the "bush" in Uganda - no running water, no electricity, no flush lavatories, etc. I favour the LCHF Diet but where I live the HF part of the diet is not readily available (unless I travel 25 miles to a town). BUT, the Carbs are all from FRESH food and not processed (like in the UK) so my Insulin needs are about 30% less than in the UK.
GOOD NEWS - from next Tuesday I will be back to living in the UK so I can try the LCHF diet.
SAD NEWS: - I am going to miss 350 lovely little black faces in the school.
Life has its ups and downs.