The Lifestyle Clinic

There are so many health benefits from lowering the carbohydrate intake, we have seen a huge amount of success with treating prediabetes, type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Having followed the highs and lows of our course participants, here are the most common pitfalls that we see:

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What causes Diabetes?

With type 1 Diabetes the body has attacked the pancreas causing such damage that the pancreas is unable to produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone that moves Glucose (or sugar) from the blood and into the cells in the body. Often, the exact trigger as to why this occurs is...

Many of us crave sweet treats and cutting down on these can be the single hardest thing we have to do to lose weight. With sugar addiction a growing problem in the UK, could you be affected?

Effects of sugar on the brain

People often laugh if you say that you are addicted to sugar. It is common...

A weight loss plateau occurs when you've been successfully losing weight but then suddenly hit a point where the weight loss stalls, despite continuing with the same diet and exercise routine.

Experiencing this is very common. The human body is adapted over millennia to resist losing weight, and...

Is it really possible that changing when we eat might be as impactful as changing what we’re eating?

We are living busy lifestyles, many of us eating on the go, by our desks or even skipping meals altogether. Current lifestyle often leads to us eating our biggest meal in the evening.

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Having a diagnosis of Prediabetes is a scary moment for many people. The prospect of going on to develop Type 2 Diabetes can feel overwhelming and frightening. But with 1 in 10 of us set to develop Type 2 Diabetes in the next 10 years, I see Prediabetes as a great opportunity to get control of...

The Importance of chewing

Many of us have been told to “chew your food properly” as children, but with so many of us eating on the go, whilst watching the tv or even in front of the computer at work do we really chew our food properly? Does it even matter? The answer is that yes it...

Asking patients to cut down bread consumption is often met with multiple groans, objections and even a flat out ‘No’. We know that eating vast quantities of bread however is linked to weight gain. It is particularly troublesome for those with Diabetes as it sends the blood sugar high....

I am often asked how will the low carb diet affect my cholesterol? Because when we lower the carbs, we increase the healthy fats. And of course, we have been told for many years that eating more fat, will increase cholesterol and lead to heart attacks & strokes.

So in this article lets...

For me, helping people to lose weight is the single most powerful thing I can do to improve individual and population health. We are experiencing a pandemic far worse than Covid-19.

But let me get this straight; this isn’t the individual fault. Being overweight isn’t a sign of...

What is prediabetes?

In a nutshell Prediabetes is the preceeding step to Type 2 Diabetes. This means that the doctor has identified you at risk as your blood sugars are higher than what they should be, but not quite in the range for Diabetes.

We measure your blood sugar by a test...

Background

It seems counterintuitive to take a holiday from a diet. As a doctor surely I would want people eating healthily all the time? The reality is, none of us can eat perfectly all of the time, certainly not in today’s climate. Life happens. What is important is how you live your life...