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<blockquote data-quote="catherinecherub" data-source="post: 107779"><p>This forum is small in relation to the amount of diabetics in the U.K. There are no figures around to say how many diabetics are successful with different management strategies.</p><p></p><p>More statistics:-</p><p></p><p>.....One in ten people is actively being treated for obesity.</p><p></p><p>.....One in twenty of those has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.</p><p></p><p>.....That does not take into account pre-diabetes.</p><p></p><p>.....There are various figures suggesting the amount of people who are unaware they have Type 2.</p><p></p><p>The care for diabetics is very patchy and until we are all given 1st. class care there will be problems for us.</p><p></p><p>However you manage your diabetes should not be the issue. There are various strategies that work and we shouldn't get caught up in arguing with each other but use the skills that we have acquired to help other diabetics. If you keep arguing about the rights and wrongs of a different method then who benefits?</p><p>Newbies get more confused as they don't know what to believe. What we should be saying is that if the advice that you have been given doesn't work then explore other options and ask your HCP what they would do if they were in your position. You should also ask how you can be successful if you are not allowed test strips to see what foods spike your blood sugars. The division on this forum is so obvious and does no one any favours.</p><p></p><p>It reminds me of someone I know who maintains that the only reliable car to buy is a Ford. I disagree with that and I am sure that others do too but nothing will budge him. I am entitled to my opinion but he is right. :roll: :roll:</p><p></p><p>If people here who follow a low G.I. diet wrote to DUK saying that their diet is better than the advice given then we would get the same response as low carbers. A small percentage of diabetics is not going to change anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catherinecherub, post: 107779"] This forum is small in relation to the amount of diabetics in the U.K. There are no figures around to say how many diabetics are successful with different management strategies. More statistics:- .....One in ten people is actively being treated for obesity. .....One in twenty of those has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. .....That does not take into account pre-diabetes. .....There are various figures suggesting the amount of people who are unaware they have Type 2. The care for diabetics is very patchy and until we are all given 1st. class care there will be problems for us. However you manage your diabetes should not be the issue. There are various strategies that work and we shouldn't get caught up in arguing with each other but use the skills that we have acquired to help other diabetics. If you keep arguing about the rights and wrongs of a different method then who benefits? Newbies get more confused as they don't know what to believe. What we should be saying is that if the advice that you have been given doesn't work then explore other options and ask your HCP what they would do if they were in your position. You should also ask how you can be successful if you are not allowed test strips to see what foods spike your blood sugars. The division on this forum is so obvious and does no one any favours. It reminds me of someone I know who maintains that the only reliable car to buy is a Ford. I disagree with that and I am sure that others do too but nothing will budge him. I am entitled to my opinion but he is right. :roll: :roll: If people here who follow a low G.I. diet wrote to DUK saying that their diet is better than the advice given then we would get the same response as low carbers. A small percentage of diabetics is not going to change anything. [/QUOTE]
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