Base Salad Recipe
For those of us with type 2 diabetes, salad is a good way to pack nutrients in, keep carbs low and can help with weight loss as a regular lunch option. If you have a fixed recipe at hand it's easier to log your macros.
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War on diabetes newsletter 15th November 2025
Welcome to the fifteenth War on Diabetes newsletter - regular tips and ideas from someone who has had diabetes for five years and learned a lot about it. It's a practical and actionable guide to details that your doctor probably won't have time to tell you about.
Is nutritive mismatch the key to how ultra-processed foods cause metabolic syndrome?
In 2017, Dana Small and her team at Yale University published a study showing that when calories and sweetness are not matched, then the calories are not metabolised properley. This has enormous implications for artificial sweeteners and artificial flavourings.
Fructose and alcohol cause metabolic syndrome
A lot of what I'm reading points the finger at fructose as a primary cause of metabolic problems such as type 2 diabetes, fatty liver and Alzheimer's disease. I've compiled some key metabolic concepts to explain what's going on with sugar.
How to lose weight with type 2 diabetes
What I learned this week #10 is an overview of how to lose weight without putting yourself on a severe calorie restriction diet
How to boost BDNF and reduce insulin resistance
What I learned this week #8 looks at how to increase Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and how this can reduce insulin resistance