hi husband recently diagnosed with type 2 and needs to lose a lot of weight so I'm here trying to find ways to help. All indicators point to a low carb high fat diet. However I've recently acquired a book called quick cooking diabetes by Louise Blair and Norma mcgough which has been produced in association with diabetes uk. However the advice in this book seems to contradict what I've been reading in that in the nutrition and diabetes section it states it says to have low fat spread and things like crime fraiche instead of double cream yet in the low carb stuff I've been reading it says you should have butter and full fat cream etc. It also says that meals should be based around bread, cereals and potatoes as starchy foods form the largest portion of your diet. Where as this all seems to be a big no no on low carb. So I don't know what advice I should be following! I feel there's so much conflicting advice.
The other place endorses the "Eatwell guide" basing a supposed healthy diet on complex carbs & low fat. That advice is, according to the technical people there is based on "the best scientific evidence." They accept that a low carb diet works for some people in the short term, but maintain there is no long term evidence for its safety & effectiveness. I've referred to their cited scientific evidence & found that they actually ignore the conclusions & misquote minor points to justify their stance. I had several months correspondence with them, & have NO confidence in their "science."
However, they maintain that however well we follow their diet, diabetes is progressive, complications will develop, & ever increasing medication will be needed.
That is one point I proved true, following their diet for 8 years. Diabetic neuropathy become crippling. I then found this forum, & gave up all the obvious carbs. In three months I was out of pain & back on the tennis courts. That was ten years ago. I still follow the LCHF diet & still play tennis at club standard at 79, with NO diabetes complications. I haven't really tried to lose weight, though at a BMI of 25 I'm over a stone (7 Kg) lighter than my maximum.
You have a choice follow the claimed "best scientific advice" basing you diet on carbs & see your health deteriorate, or follow the LCHF diet that works, testified by 100,000 diabetics.