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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seadragon" data-source="post: 1127024" data-attributes="member: 195124">I get very itchy eyes if my blood sugar is raised even a little bit - another reason to cut the carbs!  Strangely I used to suffer from an irritating cough after every meal and since I've cut carbs and gone high fat that has simply vanished (and i'd had it for donkeys years!)I understand people being sceptical of the higher fat aspect - believe me I was too.  The diet doctor site is Swedish and Sweden now has lower rates of heart disease and diabetes since the low carb high fat has taken off.  If you read around the site you will see there are many studies that show not only that much of the research that says high fat clogged your arteries was flawed but explains why the real culprit is high sugars and particularly high fat and high sugar together (which is basically what much of the western diet is these days).It truly is not an American site - although there are links to some American doctors and films on there.  Do you mean Jason Fung - he may indeed be American but if the diet doctor believes in him so do I. I spent weeks looking at everything I could find on the internet and came across many dodgy sites promising this and that and miracle cures but this is the most genuine and helpful site I have ever found. I joined not to get anything but because I believed in them so much i think more people should know about it.I eat double cream every day and I smother my veggies in creme fraiche and peri peri seasoning and they are delicious.  i have been doing this for nearly a year and my lipid profile is way better than before. Trigs halved and LDL halved and the protective HDL doubled.  Can only be a good thing.The Atkins diet was vilified largely by scientists and doctors who felt threatened - much as Yudkin who wrote 'Pure White and Deadly' about sugar back in the 70's was discredited unfairly by those who supported the Ancel Keys diet-heart hypothesis i.e 'fat is bad', (now shown to be totally flawed and even Keys himself backtracked but wasn't allowed to publish his backtracking.)The Atkins diet has it's flaws too - I think it was a bit too high in protein and that could cause some people problems. Plus for some people you do get the 'carb flu' for a few weeks as the body adjusts - but I never had this   I literally gave up eating bread pasta, rice, potatoes and anything carby overnight (and I used to live on toast!) and replaced them with good fats from whole fat dairy, double cream, cheese, creme fraiche, avocados, olive oil and for cooking coconut oil and for me animal fats too although I realise as a vegetarian you wouldn't eat these.  I've been eating this way now for 10 months and I feel fantastic on it.  I am never hungry despite losing weight (or more accurately fat as I have lost about 8% body fat)  Lost 2 dress sizes without even trying (fat fills you up so much more than carbs and you don't  get the carb crash or cravings (sugar is highly addictive)).  It is sugar that is effortlessly turns to fat in our bodies not fat ( they just happen to share the same word).  I am now fully fat adapted even if not always ketogenic (be wary of the people who confuse ketogenic (it's good ,it just means your body can burn fat as fuel) with keto-acidosis (life threatening condition typically experienced by some type 1 diabetics).My weight is now pretty stable having lost over a stone, 8% body fat lost, lipid profile improved, BG now classed as non-diabetic (HbA1c of 35), skin cleared, many minor health niggles vanished, boundless energy , no carb crash or irritability caused by hunger.  It has literally transformed my life for the better.A good book based on the low carb lifestyle is' Lean in 15' can't remember who it is by but my son swears by it and has lost over a stone in weight too  and feels fantastic on it while really enjoying the food (may not be so veggie friendly though)The only fruit I eat is raspberries and blueberries - others have a bit too much fructose for me - you may be lucky and able to eat more fruits without spiking but testing with the meter is the way to go.Rather than thinking fat makes you fat or clogs arteries (which has been shown to be untrue anyway ) I like to think of the fat oiling the joints and smoothing the way while sugar (which all carbs become in the body) gums up the works.  When you think of it that way it reminds you to avoid the sugar and carbs.I had a friend with a degree in nutrition who said 'but you need carbs to live'My answer - 'Do I look dead?"I am happier, fitter, lighter, healthier and I enjoy my food. Would I go back to the old way of eating or follow the NHS Eatwell plate - NO! Not unless I wanted to get sicker and I don't.Take the dietdoctor low carb two week challenge (I think there is a vegetarian version now or they are working on it at least) and see how you feel then.  Am I convincing?  I promise I have no vested interest other than in other people's health and well being  but feel very passionate about spreading the low carb/higher good fats word especially to diabetics.</blockquote>

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