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 […]