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Help! My blood glucose spikes after a meal.
I have a lot of people, with and without diabetes, asking me whether it is normal that their blood glucose levels rise steeply (spike) after a meal? So let me explain in case you were wondering too. The reason they know this is happening is because they’ve been using...
Does my plain yoghurt contain sugar?
Why does my plain yoghurt claim to contain ‘Sugars’ on the nutritional information? Surely plain yoghurt is sugar-free! It doesn’t taste sweet. I have supported a number of clients with type 2 diabetes recently who are finding the nutritional information on food...
What has potassium got to do with chronic kidney disease?
I get a lot of questions on this topic and I’m not surprised. A search on ‘potassium and kidney disease’ is likely to leave you feeling confused and convinced that every last jot of potassium needs to be removed from your diet. Many people who come to me are under the...
Silybin – Not so silly if you have Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
I put a post out on social media at the end of last year asking if anyone had a topic they would like me to cover in a blog. I thought that this suggestion was an excellent one because non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is frequently diagnosed, often as the...
Are you sure it’s gluten intolerance?
Undoubtedly many people believe they are gluten intolerant and I am not here to tell them they don’t know their own bodies. However, in spite of it being much talked about in the media, I still encounter a lot of confusion around the topic. The fact is that foods that...
Nutrition and Our Immune System
I thought I’d write something on our immune systems. Everyone’s doing it and I was feeling a bit left out! You may want to grab a cup of tea (and maybe a dark chocolate brownie). We’ve got a lot to talk about. Of course, most of us are rightly concerned at the...