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  1. GreenEdge

    Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity: Beyond ‘Calories In, Calories Out’

    The evidence as I see it: Type 1 diabetes - in this condition, the pancreas makes little or no insulin. Before the invention of synthetic human insulin in 1978, this was a fatal condition due to chronic hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) causes β-cell defects by the excess accumulation of...
  2. SpinachHands

    Has time spent malnourished delayed recovery? How long will recovery take from this?

    My partner is very severe after a crash/rapid decline nearly two months ago. They have only been able to eat through a straw since then as chewing and feeding themself is too exerting. At the start I asked our GP for a referral to a nutritionist/dietician, but she said it was fine as long as...
  3. X

    Balooning Waist size Help

    Hi forum members, sometime back I had posted on how its been increasingly difficult for me to loose weight being hypothyroid. Well I did manage to loose around 7-8 kgs since than. I was around 106kgs for my 189cms height, and I am currently 98-99kgs. The one main change I made was cutting off...
  4. Vladimir

    Personal Observations on Modified FODMaP Diet

    Hello everyone, I'd like to share some observations from my personal experience with the FODMaP diet. While following the FODMaP guidelines, I noticed the importance of eliminating all yeast-based products, such as aged cheese (specifically yeast-fermented), Saccharomyces Boulardii, and the...
  5. nerd

    Ketogenesis-generated β-hydroxybutyrate is an epigenetic regulator of CD8+ T-cell memory development

    Zhang, H., Tang, K., Ma, J. et al. Ketogenesis-generated β-hydroxybutyrate is an epigenetic regulator of CD8+ T-cell memory development. Nat Cell Biol 22, 18–25 (2020). doi: 10.1038/s41556-019-0440-0 Abstract
  6. ChookityPop

    What do you eat? How do you do with fat vs carbs etc?

    Is there a general concencus on what to eat with cfs? How are you guys doing on carbs vs fat? How strict are you? I eat nose to tail carnivore diet. Im very strict with the diet since I feel better on it. I did eat about 50-80g raw honey a day as carb source this summer and felt great after...
  7. Artorias

    Is there a safe exercise-free weight loss diet for people with ME?

    When I first became ill I was around 11.5 stone, but thanks to inactivity my weight has crept up to almost 14 stone over the years (I am a middle aged male of average height). I need to stop gaining weight, and reverse the gains to bring myself back to a healthy weight. However, I am mostly...