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Tomorrow I am meeting Dr David Cavan, the author of Reverse Your Diabetes, and all round top smart guy. I'm really looking forward to it. I am planning to discuss the emotions around diabetes, particularly depression. We all know that diabetics are something like 50% more likely to be...

I would say my diagnoses was one of those life defining moments, everything changed, it had to.

their concerns are about people not getting enough fiber and people consuming the wrong fats, both of which have serious consequences. They need to find a way to educate this message to the least engaged, least knowledgeable and, frankly, least bright members of society as anything they produce...

exactly right. the system relies too much on fear to motivate we need to see greater emphasis on hope and inspiration

quietly and not quite so directly, these are public health types. they say things like "the case for modifying the eatwell plate for type 2 diabetics warrants further investigation"

i think you re exactly right, there is a total lack of emotional support and inspiration

48 is considered good, only 9% make 48, 58 is considered OK, anything above 86 is considered critical, 15% of T1s are above 86. pretty much nothing of note on improving this, personally i think we need to improve the quality of educational information for type 1, particularly for kids.

i mean in management. they big concern is the failure of all diabetics, but particularly type 1 to meet their blood score targets, about 70% of type 1 and 34% of type 2 are failing to get inside 58mmol on HbA1c if you look across all three blood test targets (HbA1c, pressure and blood fats) only...

Firstly thanks to all the good folks that shared their thoughts with me before the Preventing Illness conference. Here’s my feedback from the event. The event was attended by about 200 people from the world of science, medicine and public health. Most of them were mid-level such as local...

Thanks to you all for your thoughts, sorry I have not replied to everyone, I have been busy preparing my presentation. I'll post a report up here tomorrow,

good points, thank you I will try and find out more why the NHS diabetic diet policy has not embraced low carb. I believe it is mostly to with concerns about fiber, but i'll try and pick some brains whilst i am there

very interesting subject artificial sweeteners. the research work did a few years ago quoted in this article has been broadly dismissed as it was based on very flimsy methodologies. That doesn't mean it is not true, there just has not been enough good quality research done, My instinct and...

Thanks all for your feedback. I won't reply to all as i'm sure you don't want 10 posts from me. We need to shoot for where we can win. I very much like @kokhongw picture, high road low road. We all know low carb is the most important message, but there is also a real concern about fiber and the...

totally agree. I very much like you mountain and molehills and your blog site this is exactly right, though i would add sugar substitutes to the molehill path my view is anything that requires ongoing will power will ultimately fail

I agree with you 100%. In terms of diet I think low carb is the absolutely single most important issue in diabetic management. I am also a massive advocate in the role of sugar substitutes when used well and in moderation, as they lift the spirits, and more than anything good diet is about emotion