Thanks for that advice. Yes I also think this diet will be good for me. (I hope I can stick with it!!)
I have been worried about the situation for a long while and I hope it's not too late now to deal with it. My great-aunt died of pancreatic cancer, and my cousin from cancer of the liver. My mother and a great uncle had diabetes (my mother type 2, and she lost one leg - amputated, and died of a heart attack; my great uncle lost his sight). So you can understand that I need to get my own health situation under control.

I do have gallstones - will eating more fat affect this? Of course I've been advised (as usual) to "eat less fat" but on the Atkins diet that won't be possible. Does anyone have thoughts about gallstones to share? Anyone got them - and how did you find the diet affected that?

Tricia