After 16 months of throbbing joints as I lay in bed at night, being in pain with every step I took, an MRI showing gluteal tendinopathy and physio, then another MRI for a frozen shoulder and further physio and acupuncture and a month not lay down in bed, I decided I had to do something. I was 54 and still having quite regular periods, had blood tests to see if I had arthritis, but nothing showed. So I went to my local private GP, Dr Sarah Myhill who is alternative in that she treats causes and not symptoms., She looked at my diet and said there was too much sugar. She also recommended going dairy free and gluten free to see if that helped. Carbohydrates are full of sugar. So my granola, blueberries, bananas, biscuits, cake, potatoes, bread rice and pasta had to go. I thought I would have nothing to eat, and as a fit farmer and not overweight, the idea seemed crazy. She has wrote many books and I generally just stuck to the low carbs foods. Cooked breakfast or yogurt and seeds for breakfast, a good salad for lunch, and cauliflower instead of rice etc. Alot of nuts for snacks, and not a slave to it, as eating out or holidays would be very difficult. After two months, I was a different person. That is 20 months ago now. If I have a weeks holiday and eat anything and everything, I do know about it, this has proved itself to me several times now. I had to share this, as I was worried that my future was looking bleak and painful, my age had made that my diet had to change with my body changes. Now I am on the fight with the flushes!!