Yes, mediterrenean diet has a lot of health benefits which can improve the overall health status along with the weight loss which is essential part of the weightloss journey. I have shared my views and experience on https://blogdepot.org/blogs/mediterranean-diet-recipes-for-weight-loss-pdf-guide/ You can also check if it can help you out ..read more

Not been active here in quite a while … ironically I am now a Which? subscriber. Unfortunately their article on EVOO has been pulled. Best I can come up with is that M&S Toscano was the Which? Best Buy scoring 81%. Ste92: Anyone can post anything online; copy and paste is rife in lazy blogland. Check your sources carefully, check the precise wording carefully, check the country or region carefully. No legitimate research scientist will use the word “mobsters” nor blame “the mafia” without evidence. Read the actual study or the official press release, or a high quality news article NEVER EV ..read more

CHOLESTEROL AND THE BODY Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that is found in the body and in foods. It is vital for many functions in the body. Cholesterol is important for the structure of cell membranes, the making of hormones, and the maintenance of bones and muscles. The body produces cholesterol. https://www.healthmassive.com/ But we also need to consume it from foods such as eggs, meat, milk, cheese, and some other foods. There is a normal range of cholesterol levels in our blood that indicates what level of cholesterol we should have ..read more

I was about to ask this question and, luckily, searched first. I’ve been buying Rapeseed oil in a bit of a push to support farmers (rural community so probably a bit deluded). Anyhoo, I brought some “Mr. Hugh’s” from Tesco and thought I’d see if I could find any details on their website about pesticides and such. The bottle says “Harvesting in tune with nature” which seems…vague. I have found some UK + Organic Rapeseed Oils available and was wondering if these would neatly sidestep at least two of the points raised though I appreciate I’ll need to stock up on Olive Oil if I’m going to get thos ..read more

Hi, Keto diet is considered to be a highly effective diet for losing weight. You need to cut your carbs and eat low-carb foods. The ketogenic diet encourages also the elimination of refined and processed carbohydrates ..read more

Thanks for your advice, Firefox. I will start keeping a food and symptoms diary as you suggest and also re-read the clever guts and fast800 books. I’ll look what MM says about the night fasts too as I hadn’t thought about that Ps I’m discharged from the hospital. I discussed with my GP easing myself off omeprazole as I didn’t like the risk factors of its long term use and he told me to stop them – no tapering off. He said, well if you get the symptoms again, you can always come back here. I got rebound symptoms for about a fortnight and it’s all settled down now ..read more

Although all prescription medications have potential side effects, some are very safe over the long term. Please discuss the implications of going drug-free with your pharmacist and/ or the prescribing doctor beforehand. As far as I can tell, Dr Michael Mosley’s ‘The Fast 800’ is the updated version of ‘The Fast Diet’ (5:2) and the ‘Blood Sugar Diet’, so you would not need to combine them. Have you got back into maintaining your detailed daily food, activity and symptom diary as recommended in the ‘Clever Guts Diet’ (p.187)? If you have you could use this to review the balance and variety of y ..read more

Hi, I’ve had several posts on here going back to the early days of clever guts. As my name suggests I Keep Trying – to sort out my digestive health, my weight and fitness ? In February I was diagnosed with acid reflux, hiatus hernia and and inflammation of the oesophagus as well my usual IBS issues. All this was following a fairly stressful time where we’d had a year long drawn out building project to do an extension and new kitchen, we had no kitchen for a large part of this time and too many ready meals and overly processed foods. Six months on, I’m much much better – I just have be careful ..read more

Hi Melodious! I always recommend to peel chickpeas to help reduce gas, so I’d say that alone is a good reason why it’s a good idea to do this. In terms of roughage and fiber, the whole chickpea provides that anyway and you’re probably eating the houmous with crudites, or perhaps wholegrain? These will give you a good supply of extra fiber too ? enjoy it ..read more