Dr Chris Barclay

 was brought up in Ipswich. He qualified as a doctor at Sheffield University in 1978 (the very same year he got married and Ipswich won the FA Cup - a rather good year). He worked for two years in Sierra Leone before before returning to Sheffield to starting speciality training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He swapped over to General Practice in 1989.

Chris Barclay is currently a GP and medical writer. His special interest in diet and health began with a chance encounter; a patient told him how he had lost weight by cutting out carbohydrate foods. Chris has researched the subject ever since. He was principal investigator for the ISAIAH-Project, a diet trial in pre-diabetic patients. His conclusion: processed carbs, starchy foods and sugar are the problem; they are driving our Diabesity epidemic. In his book, Beating Diabetes the low-carb way, Chris presents compelling and persuasive evidence and translated it into a practical and effective plan. Chris has written regularly for medical magazines, most recently The Practitioner magazine. He is the lead writer for MaPPs, a drug information website to help health care organisations (Hospital Trusts mainly) provide reliable, easy to read information on medicines that can be printed off for patients to take away (again, translational work). He worked for many years as  GP in Sheffield before moving back to Suffolk. He has worked most recently as a GP in Aldeburgh,

His new book Beating Diabetes the low-carb way collects the fruits of his research and enquiries in one place.

This is the second part of our interview with Dr Chris Barclay.

We start by touching on fruit and how the daily recommendation from the ‘Eat Well’ plate of ‘five a day’ came about.

We think of fruit as healthy but fruit has been genetically modified to be sweeter than it was before. If we are going to eat fruit - the best way to eat them.  

If you are confused about which vegetables are lower in carbohydrates, check out the Diet Doctor: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/vegetables 

The Diet Doctor has low carb fruits listed here: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/fruits 

We discuss the possibility of giving nutrition advice in the UK.

Dr Chris' Book

Beating Diabetes The Low Carb Way - Dr Chris Barclay

https://amzn.to/2SR22Eu

Resources Mentioned

Life without bread: How a Low Carbohydrate Diet Can Save your life by Christian B Allan and Dr Wolfgang Lutz

https://amzn.to/2HcpnON

Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes 

https://amzn.to/37fPKhp

Dr Zoe Harcombe PhD

https://www.zoeharcombe.com/ 

The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz 

https://amzn.to/3k9t4Ts

The Pioppi Diet by Dr Aseem Malhotra

https://amzn.to/3j87dL0

The Fast Diet by Dr Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer (5-2) diet

https://amzn.to/37aYKV4

Robert Lustig video Sugar: The Bitter Truth 

https://robertlustig.com/sugar-the-bitter-truth/