Zoodles, short for zucchini noodles, is a good low-carb substitute for spaghetti, or the noodles in Asian cooking. There are a few ways to make them: with a spiralizer (the easy way), a mandoline (quick and dangerous), or a julienne peeler (the never-ending way). You can also use a grater, but be careful not to…
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Michael Mosley is a man on a mission. When he was in the early stages of type 2 diabetes, he created the documentary Eat, Fast and Live Longer for the BBC, which became a smash hit. Mosley’s Twitter followers tripled overnight, and the previously obscure 5:2 diet, where you alternate fasting days, was everywhere. By changing what he ate, and more importantly, when he ate, Mosley put his diabetes into remission…
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In theory, it works like this. You weigh your food and check the food database. This gives you the exact carb count for your meal. You dose the insulin according to ratio. For many of us, this is 1:10. If you’re extra good you pre-bolus the insulin to give it time to hit the bloodstream. You expect a nice steady line on your continuous glucose monitor. Maybe a small bump. Only this is not what happens. At all. Instead…
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Diabetes:M was a real life-saver when I was new to diabetes, and it remains part of my day to day management. When I first left the hospital with insulin pens and fixed doses, I was terrified of making any changes. As I dropped the carbs from the two-hundred grams recommended by the diabetic nurse I had no choice. The insulin…
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The title for this book comes from a 1976 paper by psychologist Paul Rozin. He studied food selection behavior in rats in the hope of understanding people. When rats come across new foods they nibble a little bit and then wait to see what happens. Something like a stomach ache is committed to memory and leads to lifetime aversion to that particular substance. This is why it’s so difficult to poison rats…
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The late Steve Jobs didn’t like to waste energy on what he considered to be trivial things. Every day he wore the same black turtleneck, blue jeans, and New Balance sneakers. Albert Einstein wore a signature grey suit to work. What can we take away from this? That obsessing…
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The bear says I’m the luckiest unlucky person he knows. If there’s a virus going around I’m always certain to get it. I spent five weeks in bed with covid-19 before most people even knew what it was. Out of all the illnesses I’ve tried, diabetic ketoacidosis is by far…
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William Banting was a man who struggled with weight loss. He could not stoop to tie his shoes and walking up the stairs was difficult. When he tried some exercise in the form of rowing, he found that an enormous appetite, which he was compelled to indulge, came with it. He also tried sea air, horse riding, and potassium liquor…
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I’ve put on five kilos during the pandemic. This proves that you can gain weight on a low carb diet, although some bloggers would have you believe that you can eat the fridge with no consequences. My case is crystal clear – the love of my life is called cheese and I’m more comfortable paralyzed on the sofa than doing yoga in the park…
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In The Diet Delusion Gary Taubes showed how nutrition and obesity research lost its way after the Second World War when the European scientific community in the field disappeared. This book is smaller, easier to read, and covers many of the same core ideas…
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