Background Over 100 people attended this event, which was planned to help those with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) understand that, contrary to the advice given by most health professionals, this disease can be controlled (possibly even cured) by making simple changes to the diet. There is now overwhelming evidence, not to mention the case histories […]
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Dear Mrs May, Congratulations on your appointment. I wish you every success in your new role, which will undoubtedly be very challenging. Diabetes policy I am taking the liberty of writing this letter because of my serious concerns about the national policy on diabetes. I understand from articles in the media that you suffer from
Case history of Paul Kelly An article in the Daily Mail (1) gives a detailed account of how a young man with brain cancer has had remarkable success by switching to a diet which is severely limits his intake of carbohydrates. Paul Kelly, aged 27 years, was diagnosed with a tumour in his brain two
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Chilcot: a devastating critique of government in the UK The report of the Inquiry conducted by Sir John Chilcot is a devastating condemnation of the Blair government’s decision to participate in the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. It provides a long list of failures, which demonstrates unbelievable incompetence, which has resulted in death, destruction
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The objective The fundamental objective is to reduce the amount of carbohydrates being consumed and largely replace them with the healthy fats. You should make the changes gradually so that your body can activate its fat burning capabilities. The approach should be try out a variety of different strategies, so that you can identify those
The National Obesity Forum (NOF) and Public Health Collaboration (PHC) has just issued a joint press release which is a direct challenge to the UK Government/NHS advice on healthy eating (1). Introducing the report Professor David Haslam, who is chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said: “As a clinician, treating patients all day every day,
220. Big Boost for Campaign to Reduce Consumption of Carbohydrates Read More »
Richard Bernstein developed T1D in 1946 when he was 12 years old. For the next 20 years he endured a poor quality of life (1). He was placed on a diet which was low in SFAs and contained about 45% of calories as carbohydrates. As a consequence he had to have very high doses of
I have lost count of the number of people who have been recommended to use statins but subsequently decided to stop taking them. There are two reasons normally used to justify these regimes, namely: You are at high risk of having a heart disease, which may well be fatal. You have survived a heart attack,
I have just been reading the current issue of “Time” magazine (4th April 2016) which has a long feature on the subject of immunotherapy. Essentially this approach to the treatment of cancer is based on developing drugs, which have the objective of improving the immune system and therefore have the capability of attacking the cancer
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In a recent blog, I emphasised the potential for using a change of diet as a form of treatment for cancer (1). It just so happens that as I was working on that blog I heard from Archie Robertson via Facebook who has made an amazing recovery from a very nasty cancer. I am most
212. Recovering from Cancer. Case History of Archie Robertson Read More »