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[shvetsov2005]

Hello,
I have doubts about the sequence of words.

I wrote:

What I can say, strict diet is my best advise in the circumstances given.

Is this right?

Can/should it be:

What I can say, strict diet is my best advise in the given circumstances.


Alexander.

[pugachevV]

What I can say, is that in the circumstances given, a strict diet is my best advice.

You should stress the word, 'can'.
Or you can reduce it to the following...

(I can say that) a strict diet is my (best) advice (in the circumstances given).
OR:-(Given the circumstances), I recommend a strict diet.