And after reading this thread, it's easy to see why apart form a ethical restraint concerning how they provide information, that they don't jonin
As if you don't promote the right 'ideology' then you aren't welcome, if they do their research they will also see that not promoting the right ideology will lead not just to being bullied, attacked on this forum but via other internet platforms, and will see that some members will attempt to destroy their careers!
As to the team I have...
Well my surgery DSN is an advocate of testing for T2's, as she says it's a lot easier to help a patient to make necessary lifestyles adjustments when they can see the impact their choice has made! She doesn't believe in extreme diets, but does believe in that an high percentage of her T2's will need to adjust their carbohydrate intake to healthier levels.
The GP's one is a T1, another one is very knowledgeable and has a great interest in insulin pump therapy, but in the main most of the doctors will send you to see our DSN, but she does work very closely with the main diabetic.
My consultant (and the rest of the hospital team) have the view point that there's is no right or wrong way, the right way is the one that works, and also the patient is the expert in their own condition. So they work very closely with the patient educating the patient to enable them to manage their own condition.
That's how it should be, as the likes of Bernstein, Briffa, Wortman are just as bad as my first consultant/team back in the days when you has the patient had little say... You were prescribed in my case the amount of insulin and the time I would inject, and prescribe the amount of carbohydrates that I would consume not just in one day but per meal and snack, and the timings of these...
I am not a robot, I am a human