I enjoy reading articles like this!  Even though there is always a little 'warning' or a piece saying that carbs are essential, this is still going in the right direction!  Carbs are NOT essential, no-where does it say that the body MUST have carbs.  But fat and protein are!

"Experts say this ‘Atkins-style’ approach of eating fewer carbs could even soon be recommended to everyone as a way of lowering our risk of getting Type 2 diabetes in the first place."

Yesterday was day 2 of our LCHF course for diabetics.  24 hours on LCHF foods in other words.  Lunch was salmon with ginger and garlic, a vegetable bake with cream (heavy) and cheese and mashed creamy broccoli.  Of course a blob of butter, flavored with fresh lime and chili.

Today was day 2 of my LCHF course for type 2 diabetics.  It went extremely well! LCHF in practice!

We went shopping, looked at different labels and spoke about what to look out for and what to aim for!  Looked for hidden sugars and MSG (E621) and totally avoided these products.  Aimed for high fat content and low carb content.

Then it was time to go home and start practicing making LCHF food!

Sweden's biggest TV channel filmed me today while I gave a LCHF course to a group of type 2 diabetics.  They eat 'traditionally' and now are going to totally change their eating habits, do what they have been warned against by 'experts' and eat themselves to better health! 

Fat, fat and more fat - that was the biggest topic of the day.  To learn to eat something which you have been avoiding most of your life - that is not so easy.  And of course, there was lots of fat during the day.  Cream with the coffee and lots of cream and butter in the soup I made.

I was quite horrified by the advice everyone had been given på dieticians on what to eat as a diabetic! Bread, rica, potatoes, pasta, fruit, lean meats and hardly any fat! *shivers*!

Even the camera man, who is thin and healthy got convinced about LCHF! He, too was going to change his eating habits instantly!

As I mentioned above, I made a meat soup with lots of butter and cream.  We ate at 1pm and at 5pm (end of todays theory course) everyone was extremely suprised that they were not hungry!!! They couldn't believe it.  Here are people that have been taught to eat regularly, up to 6-8 times a day, and that have major cravings and therefore 'need' to eat.  A very new feeling! *Smile* - This is only the beginning!

Tomorrow is our 'LCHF practical day'! We are going shopping, looking for 'hidden sugars' in food products, and finding good alternatives to eat!

Then it's the actual making of LCHF foods! VERY exciting indeed!

In 3 months we will all meet again with the tv crew to record the results.  The programme wants to bring to light the fact that the medicine industry is selling medication for millions and Sweden is not doing research on the fact that so many people can bet better just by changing the way they eat!  This is BIG! :)