About Chris

Chris Barclay is a retired 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. Chris has published three books currently.

Beating Diabetes the low-carb way, Chris presents compelling, persuasive evidence for the benefits of Low-carb dining and translates it into a practical and effective plan.

Reverse your Type-2 diabetes with the Low-carb approach was written to accompany a four-part course for diabetic and pre-diabetic patients attending a local Medical centre. It is a why it works and how to do it book; it’s a quick-read book: reversing Type 2 diabetes in a nutshell.

Reverse Your PMOS the Low-carb way, co-written with his daughter, Dr Miriam Barclay. Like Reverse your diabetes with the low-carb approach …this is another quick-read book for women with Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. Its strap line is Why it works and How to do it. PMOS has sometimes been described as a form of diabetes of the ovary, if you will. Chris is a retired GP; Miriam is a GP in North London and a GPwSI (GP with Special Interest) in Women’s health.