Mental Health – Ally Houston’s Story
I had been unwell from childhood in various ways. My Mum used to say we had a season ticket to the children’s hospital in Glasgow. Besides autoimmune and weight issues, I struggled with mental health issues too. Depression, anxiety, and an inability to concentrate led me to despair. In 2015 I was studying for […]
Polycystic ovary syndrome – PCOS
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) involves reproductive, metabolic, and hormonal disorders and affects around 1 in 10 women. It can manifest in weight gain, an irregular menstrual cycle, acne, facial hair and infertility. PCOS can also be associated with an increased risk of further health problems such as type 2 diabetes. The NHS website quotes the […]
Cancer
Jenny wrote the science for our books about reversing your type 2 diabetes. She is a nutritionist. “My route into low carb eating wasn’t due to diabetes. My health crisis came at the age of just 39 when, as a mum to two young children, I had the devastating diagnosis of breast cancer. Up until […]
High Blood Pressure
There is now a growing group of doctors influenced by the successes of Dr David Unwin, a GP from Stockport near Manchester. Dr Unwin has been using a low carb approach to reverse diabetes, achieving normal blood sugars in one in four of his patients and reducing medications for all of them. However, the side […]
Pre-diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
What is insulin resistance Constant grazing on sweet and starchy foods can lead to insulin resistance, where the cells don’t respond as they should and resist taking in glucose to make energy. You react by producing more and more insulin to force sugar out of the blood stream. Once the cells are truly overloaded, despite […]
Diabetes Type 1
Type 1 diabetes is well suited to a low carb lifestyle. It is a condition where the body doesn’t produce any insulin at all, so is the complete opposite of the metabolic diseases that cause type 2 diabetes. Insulin has to be injected into the body to replace its inability to produce insulin. In essence, […]
Diabetes Type 2
Reversing Type 2 diabetes Since writing the foreword for The Diabetes Weight-loss Cookbook, the idea of drug-free reversal of diabetes has really caught the public’s imagination. It is an optimistic concept that has given hope to so many. This hope has in turn been the motivation for thousands of people to improve their diet. Not […]
Weightloss
“Low carb is for everyone” Since our family adopted a low-carb lifestyle around 8 years ago we have become rather evangelistic about spreading the message that it is a great way to live. I have been told to shut up by many family and friends as they pass around the biscuits and crisps! Why do […]
Low Carb not No Carb
Rather than shun the whole food group of carbohydrates we prefer to show you which carbs are likely to be the best for your body and which carbs should be limited. Afterall vegetables fall under the carb category and we love our veggies. I think people often think low-carb is missing out an entire food group and […]