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Low carbohydrate diet

The bonus is that; a low Carbohydrate diet is also liver health friendly (important as some of the liver's circa 500 jobs include functions involved in PCOS - the liver is not just about filtering out toxins.

Ketones are produced most during fasting, prolonged exercise, or low-carbohydrate diets (Ketone diet), where the body is being forced to shifts to burning fat for fuel in the absence of glucose (glucose comes from carbs or from eating more protein than the body needs to repair and grow). 


Following a 'face to face' consultation yesterday with my GP I have taken his "strong" advice, went home and took the Alendronic Acid (empty stomach). Although young himself he contracted an autoimmune condition during Covid resulting in him being on Pred/AA. Also due to ulcers underwent tooth extraction

These are my latest blood tests from my GP My TSH has lowered since my last private bloods, so they won't test the FT4 or FT3 The surgery phoned about my cholesterol levels, I stopped taking my statins last year. My diet is low carb, I have dairy, but not milk. I eat meat, but not fish. Serum vitamin

Update - HOUSE FULL - sorry this is so over-subscribed so we cannot accept any more requests on this occasion From feedback this was very well received last week so we're going to repeat it. I'm going to be leading a discussion on this hosted by the Yorkshire PMRGCAuk support group and anyone

Hi I haven’t posted on here for ages but wanted to put my experience so far out there to help any other people struggling with migraine - especially linked to perimenopause and possible links to hormone levels as a cause rather than traditional triggers. I’ve had migraines ever since puberty and

has anybody had aches in their breast and ribs it feels muscular as if you have been to the gym.it eases when I take my bra off. I go to bed with a hot water bottle and the aches go away I told my gp and she said that was fine.can I do anything else or just wait and see if this calms down I have been

Further to my post and the many responses about Type 2 diabetes, I was just digging out my blood test results for the last year, and I see that even before I started taking steroids last March my blood sugar was high at 46 and then three months later it was 48 and now it is 49. Maybe pred did not help

Hi First time to post I am a 62 year old female I have had PRM for 20 months now, it has been an interesting journey, first coming to terms with having the condition and accepting that I had reduce the amount of activity I did each day. I have come to terms with this and now can still play tennis

Hello, I am grateful to be with you as support through this journey. I was diagnosed with PMR 3wks ago via elevated sedation rate and CRP. I also had classic sudden onset symptoms. I was started on 20mg of prednisone which helped but the mornings were still rough for 1-3hrs. I was seen again yesterday

Hi husband has been pre diabetic for a few years HBA1C Levels 42-44 then August last year 50 Sept 47 but Feb 58! plasma previously around 5.4, plasma nov 9.4.was slightly overweight by couple kg. He had a bit of a shock over the last result of 58, he had been eating 'healthy' chew bars and flavoured

Good morning everyone.I've been a type 2 diabetic for 10 years. Once I'd got a grip of it my hba1c were stable and I gained good control, mainly through eating low carb. 3 years ago I had an oesophagectomy due to having oesophageal cancer. Ever since my operation I'm having problems with high blood sugars

I was told I was pre diabetic by my Gp as a result blood test which was 43, I just tipped over. This has shocked me and for the past two weeks I’ve been seriously following the Blood Sugar diet to lose weight and try and reverse this. I’ve another blood test scheduled for April. Here’s my question:

I am type 2 10+years and now injecting insulin and use a CDM device. I have joined a gym recently as I want to commit to losing weight and tried couch to 5 k previously out of doors and had several accidents which deterred me. I am over 70 but am mentally active and enjoy work .

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is having a flare free day. So I am in Spain for a month and this is my 8th day. unfortunately I also just got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, with glucose levels hitting the 20’s so I thought it was a perfect time to eat low carb and cut out sugar, and my glucose levels

A bit of background: I had been seeing a "retired GP with a special interest in Opthalmology" (a lovely man) at an NHS community clinic for a few years due to blurred vision which my optician insisted was dry eyes. The specialist GP told me I had cataracts developing and eventually, in April and May

Hello all, I'd like your guidance in my diet concerns. I'm almost months after losing my husband to AML. My concern is that I just have zero motivation to cook or eat anything remotely healthy. Where we used to eat relatively balanced meals, I fall so short in eating anything that resembles a vegetable

You may remember a couple of months ago I was diagnosed from a BNP blood test (very high) and not very good ultra sound scan and GP thought I needed an MRI which only a cardiologist could order so she referred me. Imagine my surprise when I didn’t see a cardiologist at the first appointment but a

I have been under Moorfields eye hospital since July 24 following an episode of uveitis which appeared mid covid in my right eye. Monitoring has now shown microaneurysms in only my left eye which apparently is consistent with a diabetes diagnosis (which I don't have). I do have steroid induced glaucoma

My story is in the bio. Had an appointment with my Hopkins MO yesterday. Apparently my case is weird enough that it has attracted a fair amount of interest there. They're trying to understand how in these circumstances in the absence of treatment the PSA could be rapidly dropping. Neither my local