Category Archives: Medical & Health

Going Keto – The Eatwell Guide – NHS (United Kingdom)

The other day, well week actually, I happened across this site on the UK NHS. The Eatwell Guide – NHS They state The Eatwell Guide shows how much of what we eat overall should come from each food group to … Continue reading

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A history of false dawns

Originally posted on The Slog:
Towards the end of the Major government, various health ministers connived with civil servants to “ration” drugs being prescribed on the NHS. The vast majority of general practitioners went along with this – as did…

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Going Keto and hospital food – part 3

Yesterday I skipped breakfast as only the same cornflakes, rice krispies or porridge were on offer, along with the ubiquitous toast and marmalade. Lunch however was definitely low carb, in fact keto as having ditched the spud and carrot all … Continue reading

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Going Keto and hospital food – part 2

Soup was offered before lunch, a vegetable soup was told. I should have guessed that it would be be based on potato. It was very thick and obviously full of carbs but at least the carbs were from natural sources … Continue reading

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Going Keto – An aside

I will catch up with the journey shortly but I just had to post this. I am now into my second day of fasting and my blood glucose this morning was 3.1 mmol/L (55.8496 mg/dl) and my ketones 1.6 mmol/L … Continue reading

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Going Keto – In The Begining

It began, my journey to a Keto diet, in early May 2009 when I paid a visit to a chiropractor to see if he could sort out the continual severe headache I had been having for weeks on end which … Continue reading

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Open letter to Pascal Donohoe

Sign the petition: Do not TAX health food supplements. Dear Mr Donohoe, Whilst I appreciate that the government needs revenue it seems illogical that it should choose to get that revenue from those who can least afford it in many … Continue reading

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Phage – The Virus that Cures

With MRSA threatening to infect huge numbers of patients who make even short trips to the hospital, and the gradual increase in the number of bacteria that are resistant to all known antiobiotics, scientists are turning to new ways to … Continue reading

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