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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AtkinsMo" data-source="post: 1245450" data-attributes="member: 104933">Yes, [USER=39639]@azure[/USER], my father was T1 as was my grandmother, my brother and my niece.Low carbohydrate diets don't have to be mean and boring and you rapidly adjust, if you want to.  Having been low carb in excess of 5 years now, I enjoy a luxurious diet.  I may only have one or two cherry tomatoes with my salad, but avocado more than compensates, along with a decadent home made mayonnaise.  I recently discovered Tim Noakes 'Real Meal Revolution' book and every recipe I've tried so far has been absolutely delicious, I've even had a go at coconut crepes, I've never been into replacing traditional high carb foods with poor substitutes, but I might just be won over by these recipes.  You soon get used to no bread, no potatoes, no rice, no pasta, nothing sweet.  You do, honestly!  I just love my green veggies with rich and creamy sauces, smaller amounts of better quality protein (LCHF does reduce appetite overall).A small minority may do LCHF,  but I would like to bet they have the very best control (the law of small numbers).  The key is to thoroughly enjoy the food you can have, not constantly yearn for the stuff you can't!  Whenever I have fabulous smoked salmon and creamy scrambled eggs for breakfast, I think how lucky I am to be eating such delicious food!</blockquote>

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