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- Type of diabetes
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I had a lot of resistance at first from GP. So I printed the info and left it with them. I had wanted to do total food replacement, though, and the meal replacement programme had to be with GP approval. There is no reason why anyone could not follow a Newcastle diet using commercially available products.Had my 6 month review on Thursday and my hba1c was At an amazing low compared to all other times but I am carrying to much weight and I asked about the Newcastle diet and the answer I got was what's that one I have never heard of that diet. And she doesn't believe in these so called fad diets. And if you eat a balanced diet you will lose weight.
Type 2 diagnosed 24/01/2013.
NovoRapid, Lantus, Victoza, Metformin (sr), Simvistatin
I was also told eating a balanced diet would result in weightloss. I followed the NHS guidelines, gained weight and became diabetic. I understand the reluctance of health professionals to recommend what they call 'fad diets', but the Newcastle method is not a company set up to make money out of gullible fat peopl. It is a programme still under development by an academic team trying to replicate the success of reversing diabetes that is seem in people who have bariatric surgery, without the trauma of having surgery.
It worked for me to return blood glucose to normal levels and they have stayed that way despite the fact that I still have weight to lose.