Animal Rebellion activists to blockade UK's biggest meat market

Yep going to be a lot more of that as the public fight back

Yup, correct use of a traffic cone, marking a hazard in the road

A banana is made up of carbohydrates in the main. Well 23g per 100grams in the main. This is effectively sugar once consumed.

https://phcuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/PHC-Sugar-A4-Poster.pdf

Modern thinking based on growing levels of evidence has it that excess insulin produced in the consumption of carbohydrates leads to obesity, higher blood pressure etc

https://www.practicaldiabetes.com/w...etes-experience-from-one-general-practice.pdf

i'm in the high risk category--and have been attending classes about how to reduce the risk. i have adjusted my diet--halved sugar in coffee--and fewer drinks per day. also reduced carb intake--particularly rice. ive lost half a stone this year.

and exercise. one we dont think of--is walking up the stairs. 9 minutes of stair walking will burn 100 calories.

Those with T2 diabetes are the guinea pigs in a way as they don’t have much choice other than to reduce carbs in their diet. This can be done at a number of levels and eating some carbs along with protein and fat is proving to be a working solution. The NHS is moving away from the Eatwell plate to the LCHF solution for diabetes and obesity as we speak.

Good chap to listen to on this is Tom Watson.

Also, the number of the general population that are diabetic or obese is quite high now. In the case of T2 diabetes often people are unaware that they have it.

Remove the tatties and you would be as good as there.

Fat is an excellent fuel. Cheese, double cream, full fat milk, butter, streaky bacon, fatty cuts of meat, nuts, avocados etc. You won’t go hungry on that lot either.

And contrary to popular belief they don’t make you fat either.

Exactly. You found your own solution then.

It is the carbs that tend to lead to obesity, heart disease and diabetes. That doesn’t mean eliminating them completely. The fruit, dried fruit and fruit juice are to be minimised. Above ground vedge is good.

Avoid bread, pasta, rice, potatoes ( of any colour ) along with added sugar, cakes and sweets and you will quite quickly drop to the weight you were in Scotland as a young man. I promise you.

yes me too!

My issue is lack of exercise during the day,I eat lightly and avoid salt,sugar and processed food.
My day starts with porridge and coffee after that for lunch its fresh fish or chicken with tomatoes and mango for afters, Evening meal is never taken after 6 pm. I try to snack on bananas, black grapes and oranges.
I seem to get or feel hungry if I am bored or irritated and will crave a boost of sugar!!!!!

The Teaspoon of Sugar Equivalents infogram was crafted by Dr David Unwin. A GP at the Norwood Surgery in Southport. You can look his surgery up.

One of his partners, Simon Tobin is the brother of my GP, Dr Jonathan Tobin. You can look them both up.

Dr David Unwin has a lot of material out in the public domain now but here is a video of his explanation of the glycemic indexing of food and teaspoons of sugar equivalent. It recognises that many foods deliver more sugar once consumed than we would otherwise be aware of. Rice being a good example. The humble banana being another.



The ultimate evidence for many T2 diabetics is in the blood test results taken before and after the consumption of any one food. That being the case all the evidence is out there for anyone with a test meter to see if they are T2 diabetic.

Those who are T2 diabetic will know that raised blood sugar does the damage and ultimately loss of legs, loss of eyesight, obesity, high blood pressure become likely if not checked.

Those that have T2 diabetes or Pre diabetes can reverse diabetic symptoms and also including reducing blood sugar levels, high blood pressure and body weight by dietary control.

I have good blood sugar levels, have lost 10kg and radically reduced blood pressure. Most of the improvements took no more than a month but the improvements still continue.

The good news is that you don’t have to cut carbohydrates out completely, just cut them down to lower levels. You don’t have to go hungry as you can eat protein and good fats. You don’t lack energy as fat is a fuel.

I am not a beer drinker. But real ales will typically have a carbohydrate content of 10 to 20g of carbsper pint. Certain real ales may be given additional flavouring with extra sugar or honey so be prepared for the effect to vary with different beers.

I tend to go by carb content rather than glycemic index as they go hand in glove. It’s what they do to your blood sugar that counts.