Experiences with

Low carbohydrate diet

Stop all processed foods, no seed oils and restrict or complete avoid grains (wheat, rice, corn etc) and go on a low carbohydrate diet. We all need to have a healthy glycocalyx which is the slimy lining of our blood vessels.

Low carbohydrate diet effects on melancholic syndrome highlighted • 20 g per day carbohydrate studied • Effects on HOMA dramatic; The homeostatic model assessment (HOMA) is a method used to quantify insulin resistance and beta-cell function.

This leads to the next question: did anyone tried a low carbohydrate diet and seen an improvement in their fibro pains? Thanks 😊

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I’m having a difficult time shifting my diet to low carb to combat the sugar intake. Any suggestions on how to get started? Thanks

8 months on from my first noobie post on the forum asking for help. I’m pretty pleased with this, feeling so much better than I did, the advice here has been life changing. Still work to do, very achy, limited capacity to do anything outside of turning up to work/home stuff but that is an improvement

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Ok- been on a variety of anti hypertensives for about 10 years- Ramipril made me cough continually so a couple of others were tried and eventually settled on Losartan 50mg. Until about 3 months ago when it seemed to stop working. Dose increased with no effect so GP added in amlodipine 5mg- cue awful

I want to ask for people's experience of Metformin , which I'm being advised to start on now my HbA1c is 5.3. I'm on a low-carb diet. I'm underweight for my height. I've been on T3 only for 12 years. This last year has been a hard one with Covid and shingles and tooth extractions making it harder to

Hello lovely people, I was just recounting and filling in the time I've been away from this site - the absence due to my grandmothers passing - and it was becoming a bit of a novel, recounting the day to day details of the hospital etc so have decided to not post it as it may be triggering for others

I didn't eat carbs for months and lost a significant amount of weight. Downside alot of hairloss.Been told with a fatty liver you can eat carbs but others say carbs are bad. Your body needs enough calories and carbs. How can you get enough daily calories when you don't eat carbs.Are low carb wraps etc

Hello everyone I was diagnosed with PMR in January and am now down to 4.5mg prednisolone. Having piled on the pounds at first I have been on a low carb diet since March. I do eat quite a bit of meat and a recent urine dip stick test showed raised creatinine. Could this be caused by high protein/low carb

Attempting low carb diet, not actually intended to be keto, but wondering if I could have developed ‘Keto ‘flu’, or am I in fact having a flare ? Any suggestions or advice please ?

hi, i wunder if any of you guys can advice me on which app is best for a low carb diet to use? I am struggeling to resist the urge to eat sweets! 🤭 What can i do? ? Any advice is very much appreciated!!! Thanks!

Has anyone come across this ,after having stomach pains,blood test and an ultrasound, I have been advised I have raised liver enzymes,NAFLD, and some gall stones,have seen the consultant and because my attacks are about every 2 months, gall bladder removal not being considered at present,however the

My thanks to DippyDame and others for your cogent analyses of serum T3 levels vs. tissue T3 levels. I have been self-dosing T3 for many years (stumbled upon its existence accidentally on an Internet website; a subsequent query, "Dosing T3," led me to Paul Robinson's most valuable books. A petite female

Is it possible that too much liothyronine may stall weight loss please. I have been on liothyronine only 60mcg daily for at least ten years it was 80 before that. I suffered two mini strokes in July and was given a blood thinner told to stay active and lose weight and despite strict low carb walking

so starting to feel down… On 2.10.22 my consultant confirmed stage 2 NAFL but have biopsy booked for nov 1st as I have yellow eyes, itching beyond belief, have BAM and high blood pressure and bloods just re done the last shower my bilirubin high as always. mum so fed up of being tired, constant test

Hi all. How's everyone doing? Not normally one for any processed food at all, I have been uncharacteristically buying some keto "junk food" recently. This (ridiculously expensive!!) loaf of keto bread, made mainly of almonds and eggs, is actually really good, and very low carb at 3.5g per 100g.

I am having a battle with my GP. Diagnosed with underactive thyroid when I was 26 and I am now 70 and for past 40 years have been on 150 thyroxine which worked perfectly for me. In April 21 I got diagnosed with PMR and put on 15 mg of steroids. I eat a low carb diet, take Vit D and have done a slow transition