A Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) diet helps you to stay lean and have a body metabolism characterised by low insulin and optimal blood glucose (less than 5.5) There is now irrefutable science to show that low insulin and a fasting blood glucose of less than 5.5 is what we should be aspiring to. This results in less risk of heart attacks, strokes, pre diabetes and type 2 diabetes and dementia. It also helps us to win the war against

Photo: Getty Images Unfortunately the American Diabetes Association describes type-2 diabetes as a condition that you have to learn to  live with. This is incorrect information. Going to ketosis by severe restriction of carbohydrate to 25 grams/day can reverse type 2 diabetes as has been demonstrated by the first 12 months of results from the Virta Health program. Watch this you tube https://youtu.be/I23sr16DqTw by researcher Dr Sarah Halberg on the Virta program. Professor Roy Taylor at the University of Newcastle in England has

Most of us, as we age, are challenged by increasing weight. The 2 major factors in weight loss are Decreasing your calorie intake, Reducing Insulin production. Dr Ben Bickman and other researchers working in this area suggest that it is 50/50 the above 2 factors. The ability to reduce your sugar intake will in turn reduce your body’s need to produce insulin, which will in turn help make your cells more sensitive to insulin and reduce your propensity to store

There’s a new diet strategy called time restricted feeding involves eating as much as you want, but only during a specific time frame. If you want to be lean in 2018, instead of counting calories, you might consider when you’re eating. The idea? Eat normally – as much as you want – but only during a specific time frame. Doctors say the key is to sit down to meals within a 12-hour window in order to lose weight. Dr. Julie