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Hey Folks,
Went to my First Appointment with the Dietician she was a young girl early 30s and she started asking
Fasting 12 Hr (4.2 - 5.0)
Before Meals Random (5.6)
2 Hours after Meals (6.1)
Max Recording 8.9
She said those seem to be very good control ------ (To myself I was like what! you just told me I was doing it wrong).
Ultimately though she kept battering on about the NHS Eatwell plate and how great it is - I looked at the first few pages with her and thought this is a very quick way to poison yourself with the sugar.
I agreed to change my diet (I wont LCHF with 100g carb cap keeps me happy). She said she would see me in 3 months to tighten my diet (She wont).
Went to my First Appointment with the Dietician she was a young girl early 30s and she started asking
- What type of Diet are you on presently. I said that I was on LCHF and she looked at me as if I had two heads. I explained to her that given that I am 29 years old and will live with T2 for a large part of my life I wanted to cut out carbs early.
- She then said that she would not advise me to go low carb as I could take a Hypo. Even though all medical resources say Type2 Generally cant get hypo's unless on medications as our body will dump glucose if we are low.
- She then proceeded to tell me I should be eating the NHS Eat Well plate and that I should eat plently of potatoes / rice and pasta.
- She asked me what I had for breakfast... Knowing the game she was playing I said Wheetabix when in fact its bacon and eggs.
- She what do I have for lunch? I said sometimes nothing as I would rather trade off a little hunger for complications down the line. She said that she advises me not do that and eat plenty of carbs.
- She asked do I eat fruit -- Again I responded no because I don't want my levels going too high.
- She asked if I had been feeling thirsty and peeing more - I said only on Metformin and that I never had any traditional symptoms
- She then offered to explain Diabetes more to me to which I humoured her and asked stupid questions such as 'How did I get it / Why does it happen?' These questions in and of themselves are not stupid but considering I told her I was on this forum and I was on LCHF I would have thought she would have realised that I actually want to take control of my T2D and would have probably read everything about it.
- She told me the NHS would rather the results stable than the blood levels be low She said the rise from 5 - 7 isn't good
Based on her logic I should be running 6.5 with an occasional blip to 7.0
Fasting 12 Hr (4.2 - 5.0)
Before Meals Random (5.6)
2 Hours after Meals (6.1)
Max Recording 8.9
She said those seem to be very good control ------ (To myself I was like what! you just told me I was doing it wrong).
Ultimately though she kept battering on about the NHS Eatwell plate and how great it is - I looked at the first few pages with her and thought this is a very quick way to poison yourself with the sugar.
I agreed to change my diet (I wont LCHF with 100g carb cap keeps me happy). She said she would see me in 3 months to tighten my diet (She wont).
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