LCHF diet or NHS food plan?

[sandybrown]

Have been confused and am confused!.

Can I join any research group in UK on LCHF diet programme?

[Penel]

Perhaps you could aim for somewhere inbetween? Just keep to unprocessed food if you can, as bigleg said. Cut down on carbohydrates a bit and have some butter occasionally. Eat more veg than fruit.

If you need carbohydrates, have a look for low glycemic index/loading. diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-di...

I have found that if I eat many carbohydrate I put on weight, I am not active enough to need many.

But definitely give up sugar and all foods containing added sugar, apart from the very occasional treat.

[Penel in reply to Penel]

Sorry Bala, please ignore the reference to the diabetes site. I posted it without checking it out fully and the advice is not as good as I hoped.

If I need some carbs I tend to use something like baked sweet potato, quinoa or buckwheat, but often have no carbs with a meal.

[Penel]

Oh dear! I didn't read all the info on the diabetes site, their snack advice is not good. Like you I don't snack and wasn't expecting advice on it. Thanks for pointing it out bigleg.

Sorry Bala, please ignore.

[sandybrown]

Hi,

For nearly two years have been trying to understand food to reduce blood sugar and cholesterol. Thanks to Q&A, I am slowly getting there. If I can bring down my cholesterol without any medication in the next two months it will be an achievement. The Canadian documentary helped me a lot to understand better on food intake. Exercise (30 minutes) every week end and taking the heart rate to 128 every week end has helped to lower HbA1C test values!!!

[elaina]

I am so confused as well, I have always eaten plenty off fresh fruit and veg, never eat red meat, even when i go out for a meal its always salad and my kids buy me fruit instead of sweets, never fry anything, I have done that all my life. Had a heart attack at the age off 54 and now have to take 80 mg of Statins, when I had my Heart Attack last year colestrol was 7.19. Where did I go wrong diet wise ??

[Hidden in reply to elaina]

You didn't.

Sadly, food is simply one of the risk factors leading to a heart attack. Genetics, weight,diabetes, exercise, smoking, alchohol, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels are just as important.