Experiences with

Low carbohydrate diet

I was diagnosed May/June 23. I had just had my diabetes check and all was OK. Fast forward to December check and definitely not ok! I had been eating low carb and had lost weight. Life became very difficult from October with a nasty fall, mental heath crisis for our grandson while we were looking

I have sat here and thought to myself I haven’t reinvented myself at all, I then thought again and realised that yes I have. Before my symptoms started I worked part time in a major supermarket and would take overtime. I started the symptoms and carried on thinking everything was okay and would improve

Hello: Just wanted to post my experience with taking Renadyl. First, my Nephrologist never recommended it and I wondered why? Of course, if this did work for me, he couldn't recommend dialysis or a transplant and make money from it. A Renal Dietitian did recommend it. I tried Renadyl for six months but

Hi, I was diagnosed with Hashimotos 41 years ago after 6 years of feeling awful. A locum GP spotted a goitre in my throat as I was talking to him. I have been on 100 mcg of Thyroxine ever since. Now I am 66 . I have always suffered from hypoglycaemia-type symptoms after any type of exercise (even

Hello and thank you for the constant flow of useful insights. I know that stomach problems are a known side effect of steroid use, but I couldn’t see anything under nausea in the FAQs - sorry if I’ve missed it. This is my story: I’m 73, PMR diagnosed in summer 2020; since when I have reduced successfully

Quick update and my usual questions to follow 🙄..... So, I managed to get through my two weeks on 15mg and tapered down on to 12.5mg where I will stay for a further 2 weeks (until the 16/01/24) using the 3 tablets 1 day and 2 tablets the next set up. .....(couldn't get a pill cutter quick enough and

I have been taking T3 only for a handful of years now and for a couple of them on a LCHF diet I was happy enough. I lost weight, and felt good. In October 2020 I restarted HRT (I still had/have) hot flushes, but within 2 months I had started to gain weight and on balance I thought that I would rather

It’s good to hear that the right messages are getting out there. This presentation was at a Low Carb conference. https://youtu.be/ZE6-FHf-0oY?si=1KSnuGcRexz4SvMw

I’ve been doing some research as my blood sugar levels (measured by HbA1C) have been persistently high despite exercise, low carb diet, weight loss and muscle gain. Prompted by the very wise SlowDragon that T3 can cause high sugars, I decided to delve deeper. I came across a lot of articles online

hey all, My mum continues to fight, and I’m determined not to let her give in to this awful illness. she’s agreed to make a good effort with food, and the NHS dietician isn’t going to be able to see her until mid Feb earliest. what should she be doing? I previously thought it was low carb, med diet

I visit my, very helpful, endocrinologist every three months. Yesterday we were discussing my medication and I was telling her that I was taking prednisone at around 2-4 am in the morning -when I got up . She asked me why take it at night? Well, I had a garbled expression as to how we think about

Hi All Wanted to post an update and share what I'm doing with my diet: I was diagnosed on 20th October 2023, put on 15mg Pred, 1 month later reduced to 12.5mg then Saturday 16th Dec reduced to 10mg, at first all the pain and stiffness reappeared and I was gutted but it was "only" 6/10 and after taking

I'm trying sooo hard to go plant based, but struggle getting full without chicken, turkey or fish (no red meat!). Every vegetarian recipe I find has lot of carbs, and as a diabetic, they all immediately raise my blood sugar (yes, even whole grains). I'd like to find about a dozen meals I can just cycle

Hi everyone. Have had my RH artery stented following heart pain whilst exercising. RH artery 90% blocked and other vessels 50%-70% blocked. Have had persistent palpitations and/or mild angina every day now since the operation in March 2021. Now on 80mg Atorvastatin, 10mg Ramipril, 5mg Bisoprolol and

A new randomised study compares a low carbohydrate diet to the DASH diet. The conclusion: the low carb diet wins hands down. https://www.annfammed.org/content/21/3/256

Hi all. Has anyone been on Ezetemibe for cholesterol? I've been on it for 3 weeks and I'm feeling dreadful. Very low mood on verge of tears all the time. My chest aches as do my shoulders and one foot. I can't take statins so they're trying me on this. My cholesterol was 6 total and it's come down to

currently down to 5mg, generally chugging along ok, still working, but feeling occasional fatigue so assume I’m getting towards my own adrenals firing back up. Unfortunately I’ve put on about 25lbs over the last 15 months or so 😠 so looking to maybe start trying to lose some. About 3-4 years ago

I hope it's ok to attach a link to this Q&A session - it's clarified a lot for me and low carb is how I reduced my blood sugar when I was in the pre-diabetic range. He also explains that diabetes is a more serious disease than people believe. I found it very interesting. https://www.facebook.com/thenoakesfoundation

Some good recent videos on a subject Dr. Thomas Seyfried: https://youtu.be/u2s6z37YIzM?si=UXIhw6X4T0nPwAyV PCa specific discussion on the same: https://youtu.be/RbrX_ZrYxJg?si=wTRoC7-f2N6RDTY0 I must add: I've been on low-carb diet (Atkins) since 1999 and recently (August of this year) started

Hello, I had my gallbladder removed a week ago today (keyhole). Recovery from surgery has been an absolute breeze, other than I slept for 4 days solid; despite telling pre op nurse, anaesthetist, recovery and ward nurse that I have PA and B12 deficiency and reacted very badly to an anaesthetic 10 years