Author Archives: Neil Milligan

What Happened When I Fasted for 11 Days While Still on Medication

You’ve been on medication for years. The results keep coming back wrong. And every time [...]

One Meal Wrecked My Energy for 6 Days. Here’s the Pattern I Found.

You have one meal, feel fine, go to bed, and for the next six days [...]

Why Is My Sleep Still Bad After Losing Weight?

My blood tests were coming back better every month. My GP was happy. I was [...]

I Was Taking 6 Medications. The Root Cause Was in My Gut the Whole Time.

For over twenty years I did what I was told. Blood tests. Medication. Follow-up appointments. [...]

I Was Told Fasting Was Dangerous. I Fasted for 10 Days. Here’s What Happened.

Someone told me it was dangerous. My GP had the blood tests ready. Just not [...]

I Got Off All My Meds. I Thought That Was the Hard Part.

I stopped six medications in February 2024. The blood tests backed it up. My GP [...]

I Blamed Myself for 20 Years. Turns Out It Was Never About Willpower.

One chocolate bar. Thirty seconds. And my brain was already hunting for the next one. [...]

I Tried the Gym First. Here’s Why It Made Things Worse.

You went to the gym. You went consistently. You were doing what every piece of [...]

One Night of Normal Food. Three Days of This.

My GP said the food was fine. My body spent three days saying otherwise. One [...]

I Fixed My Blood Sugar. Then I Woke at 3am Every Night for 6 Months.

My HbA1c was back to normal. My GP was happy. The numbers were moving in [...]

My Blood Sugar Was Rising for 8 Years. My GP Never Mentioned It.

Your GP told you the results were fine. So you went home and got on [...]

Still Fighting This. 4.5 Stone Down.

Four and a half stone down. Off every single medication. NHS blood test data going [...]

One Point From Diabetes. Here’s What NHS blood tests going back to 2012 Actually Show.

My GP rang me in December 2023 with my blood test results and told me [...]

My Inflammation Was in the ‘Normal’ Range. My GP Said That Wasn’t the Same as Optimal

My GP told me my inflammation was fine. Normal range. Nothing to worry about. I [...]

I Lost 4.5 Stone Without Lifting a Weight. Then I Finally Started – and This Happened.

I lost four and a half stone before I picked up a single weight. And [...]

I Stopped My Gout Medication. What My Gut Had to Do With It.

Twenty-four years on gout medication. Stopped it in February 2024. And I haven’t had a [...]

I Lost 3 Stone Without Lifting a Weight. Then January Happened.

Three stone gone. Thirteen months. Not a single weight lifted. That gap wasn’t laziness, and [...]

I Was Allergic to Cats for 50 Years. Then This Happened.

I was allergic to cats for fifty years. Then a cat sat on my lap [...]

I Stopped 6 Medications. What Happened Next.

I stopped six medications in February 2024. Not because a doctor told me to. Because [...]

I Fixed My Diabetes But My Sleep Stayed Broken for 6 Months

I reversed my type 2 diabetes. I stopped six medications. The blood sugar sorted itself [...]

24 Years on Gout Meds. I Stopped.

I took a gout tablet every day for twenty-four years. One tablet. Every morning. So [...]