Sugar is just destructive, the realisation has ben slow coming but it weems to be dawning now - Humans are not designed to cope with it - in the worst cases you eventually get blindnes, nerve destruction and gangrene, but the insidious weight gain, painful joints and lack of energy can feel just miserable.

I try to avoid carbs and feel so much better when I do.

We are at my son's home at the moment looking after the two older boys, 3 and 5 years old. The new grandson was born yesterday, and is in N-ICU for close observation for a few days.