War on Diabetes

16/07/2026

What is Ultra-processed food? 🍔
Why is it bad? ➕ How to avoid it 🥦

The fields of health and wellness have been increasingly focussed on highly processed food as a likely causative factor in the increasing rates of chronic illness around the world over the last two decades. The term 'Ultra-processed food' or 'UPF' is now commonly banded about similarly to 'inflammat...

03/07/2026

How to spot Ultra-processed Food (UPF).

Just to add... I don't completely avoid UPF. Sometimes I still have moments where the convenience and availability becomes difficult to avoid but I'd say it's less than 10% of my diet.

It can be overwhelming at first so start with small swaps and get in the habit of reading ingredients labels to become more aware of it.

I've just passed Wolverhampton on my virtual map which is just over 300 miles into my 870 miles Lands' End to John o' Groats walking challenge to raise funds for

I have 5 months to get to 1.8 million steps and have reached 640,000+ so far 🚶‍♂️

Please head to warondiabetes.uk and make a donation 🙏
With your help we can give more people the chance to put type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic conditions into remission and live longer and healthier lives.

7-day average glucose ⬆️ 6.9 mmol/L (target 5.5)
HbA1c (latest blood test value) ⬇️ 37 mmol/mol 5.5% (target 34 - 5.3%)
GMI (CGM HbA1c estimate) ➡️ 42 mmol/mol 6.0% (target 38 - 5.6%)

17/06/2026

Butter coffee and bone broth progress update... 😳
Also, my interview with .voysey.health is due to go live tonight so make sure to check that out after the England game on her YouTube channel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I'm near Gloucester on my virtual map which is just over 250 miles into my 870 miles Lands' End to John o' Groats walking challenge to raise funds for

I have 5 months to get to 1.8 million steps and have reached 509,000+ so far 🚶‍♂️

Please head to warondiabetes.uk and make a donation 🙏
With your help we can give more people the chance to put type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic conditions into remission and live longer and healthier lives.

7-day average glucose ⬆️ 6.0 mmol/L (target 5.5)
HbA1c (latest blood test value) ⬇️ 37 mmol/mol 5.5% (target 34 - 5.3%)
GMI (CGM HbA1c estimate) ➡️ 42 mmol/mol 6.0% (target 38 - 5.6%)

09/06/2026

What's your latest goal?

War on Diabetes is now one year old 🥳 and I'm excited to announce that I've just finished an interview with .voysey.health so make sure to subscribe to her YouTube channel ready for one of my long-form rants about 100 years of bad dietary advice for type 2 diabetes and how remission is more achievable than many people realise.

I've just passed Bath on my virtual map which is 206 miles into my 870 miles Lands' End to John o' Groats walking challenge to raise funds for

I have 5 months to get to 1.8 million steps and have reached 438,000+ so far 🚶‍♂️

Please head to warondiabetes.uk and make a donation 🙏
With your help we can give more people the chance to put type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic conditions into remission and live longer and healthier lives.

7-day average glucose ⬇️ 5.4 mmol/L (target 5.5)
HbA1c (latest blood test value) ⬇️ 37 mmol/mol 5.5% (target 34 - 5.3%)
GMI (CGM HbA1c estimate) ⬆️ 42 mmol/mol 6.0% (target 38 - 5.6%)

27/05/2026

I've reached Taunton (Somerset) on my virtual map which is 145 miles into my 870 miles Lands' End to John o' Groats walking challenge to raise funds for
That's Cornwall and Devon cleared and hoping to have done most of Gloucestershire and to be kicking off from Bristol/Bath at the start of June 🚶‍♂️ 👀

I have 5 months to get to 1.8 million steps and have reached 307,000+ so far 🚶‍♂️

Please head to warondiabetes.uk and make a donation 🙏
With your help we can give more people the chance to put type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic conditions into remission and live longer and healthier lives.

7-day average glucose ⬆️ 6.2 mmol/L (target 5.5)
HbA1c (latest blood test value) ⬇️ 37 mmol/mol 5.5% (target 32 - 5.1%)
GMI (CGM estimate) ⬆️ 43 mmol/mol 6.1% (target 38 - 5.6%)

23/05/2026

2nd big walk of my Land's End to John o' Groats distance challenge. 9 miles on the Longdendale Trail. Earned my first shandy in over a year 😅

I'm now over 130 miles into my 870 miles Lands' End to John o' Groats walking challenge to raise funds for

I have 5 months to get to 1.8 million steps and have reached 280,000+ so far 🚶‍♂️

Please head to warondiabetes.uk and make a donation 🙏
With your help we can give more people the chance to put type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic conditions into remission and live longer and healthier lives.

7-day average glucose ⬇️ 6.0 mmol/L (target 5.5)
HbA1c (latest blood test value) ⬇️ 37 mmol/mol 5.5% (target 32 - 5.1%)
GMI (CGM estimate) ⬇️ 42 mmol/mol 6.0% (target 38 - 5.6%)

22/05/2026

252,925 steps completed, nearly 120 miles of 870 done 🚶‍♂️
Next stop virtual Somerset!
Let's give doctors the right tools to reverse type diabetes 🙏

20/05/2026

Dietary changes I've made recently to get my HbA1c down to 37 mmol/L + bulletproof coffee 🧈 🧈 🧈 ☕️

For me, making small, incremental changes has made forming new habits easy to manage.

What changes did/didn't work for you?

I'm now 103 miles into my 870 miles Lands' End to John o' Groats walking challenge to raise funds for

I have 5 months to get to 1.8 million steps and have reached 218,704 so far 🚶‍♂️

Please head to warondiabetes.uk and make a donation 🙏
With your help we can give more people the chance to put type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic conditions into remission and live longer and healthier lives.

7-day average glucose ⬆️ 6.3 mmol/L (target 5.5)
HbA1c (latest blood test value) ⬇️ 37 mmol/mol 5.5% (target 32 - 5.1%)
GMI (CGM estimate) ➡️ 43 mmol/mol 6.1% (target 38 - 5.6%)

18/05/2026

Oh dear... time for a walk 😅
Been saving this big bottle of Belgian beer as a treat for ages and decided today was a good day.
3 different grains - oats, wheat and barley 8.4% alcohol
Do not do this 😬

18/05/2026

Reflecting on yesterday's conference where I've learned so much I couldn't keep up 😅
Next... 🐿️ 🌰