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[Bluetit1802]

Potassium rich foods: another one is yogurt.

The NHS won't put that on the list. It's got fat in it.

 

[coby]

Potassium rich foods: another one is yogurt.

Oh I love yoghurt but my diabetic nurse told me to reduce dairy foods

 

[Bluetit1802]

Oh I love yoghurt but my diabetic nurse told me to reduce dairy foods

Yes, she would, because they contain fat! The NHS wants us all to eat low fat and plenty of carbs.
Did you ask her why? Perhaps you should next time you see her.

 

[coby]

Yes, she would, because they contain fat! The NHS wants us all to eat low fat and plenty of carbs.
Did you ask her why? Perhaps you should next time you see her.

I am new to all this and to me I guess it was a case of The nurse knows best? I have never hd to question the medical profession before ... but I'm beginning to wonder who I should be listening to!

 

[sud5nala]

In a nutshell: how the high carb low fat prescription fell from grace. A major public health concern was with cardiovascular disease (which is more prevalent than diabetes). From the 1950's onward, it was thought that fats were to blame (saturated fats worst of all). This belief was based on junk science, especially on lack of knowledge of how arteries get diseased. People need to eat so many calories a day, and if doctors are having us minimize fat intake, how will we make up the calories? This is the reason for the high carb era. (Especially since starches and sugars have a lot fewer calories per gram than fats do.) Eventually, scientific knowledge accumulated to show that carbs were actually promoting overweight, diabetes, and CV disease. Regarding low carb high fat, look up British diabetes specialists, physicians David Unwin and Roy Taylor (Univ. of Newcastle). Dr. Unwin is online and in the news.

You may have heard that "trans fats" have been progressively banned in Europe. What's with trans fats? Since saturated fats were thought to be toxic, then monounsaturated ones are preferable, then polyunsaturated ones must be even better! Trans fats are a kind of polys. A generation ago, there was a propaganda offensive for polys and trans. Polys were found to be too chemically reactive in the body, and trans rarely occur in our foods, so they are a spanner in the works.

 

[coby]

In a nutshell: how the high carb low fat prescription fell from grace. A major public health concern was with cardiovascular disease (which is more prevalent than diabetes). From the 1950's onward, it was thought that fats were to blame (saturated fats worst of all). This belief was based on junk science, especially on lack of knowledge of how arteries get diseased. People need to eat so many calories a day, and if doctors are having us minimize fat intake, how will we make up the calories? This is the reason for the high carb era. (Especially since starches and sugars have a lot fewer calories per gram than fats do.) Eventually, scientific knowledge accumulated to show that carbs were actually promoting overweight, diabetes, and CV disease. Regarding low carb high fat, look up British diabetes specialists, physicians David Unwin and Roy Taylor (Univ. of Newcastle). Dr. Unwin is online and in the news.

You may have heard that "trans fats" have been progressively banned in Europe. What's with trans fats? Since saturated fats were thought to be toxic, then monounsaturated ones are preferable, then polyunsaturated ones must be even better! Trans fats are a kind of polys. A generation ago, there was a propaganda offensive for polys and trans. Polys were found to be too chemically reactive in the body, and trans rarely occur in our foods, so they are a spanner in the works.

If this answer is 'in a nutshell' then it must be a coconut lol ... and I couldn't follow what you wrote after about the first two lines ( Sorry)

 

[coby]

I take my BP often with my own little machine. I got one that records irregular heart beats and am pretty glad I haven't seen many of those. My machine inflates the cuff or I can push a button and have it inflate sooner

Here is how I was told to do it.

1. Get a comfy chair with a back to sit in near a table.

2. Put your left arm out at the level of your heart on the table with your palm facing up. If the table is the wrong height, use a pillow on the table or choose another flat surface.

3. Find the little mark on the cuff and make sure it aligns with the middle of the crook of your arm stretched out.

4. You should be sitting up, legs uncrossed, back against the back of the chair, feet on the floor

5. Wait five minutes after getting settled. put something to read flat next to the machine

6. Hit start and wait till it inflates itself.

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If the reading is still high, test yourself at one minute intervals to see how your BP goes down and what your purse is.

Do three to five readings as these readings show your heart's resilience

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Periodically, stand up with the cuff still on and rest your arm at heart level while standing up on something

You will be looking at the difference between sitting and quick standing so hit go immediately while standing

(Periodically, take a few BPs while lying down totally relaxed

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Keep all this stuff in a notebook

If you are away from wherever yu take your own personal pressures and someone else takes your pressures, get a copy and paste them in your notebook

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Bring notebook to next appointment with GP or cardiologist

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Just getting in this habit can lower your BPs because it can be a kind of biofeedback



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My cuff won't even stay on my arm! I have tried several times but it won't fasten and just pops off my arm when I switch the machine on

 

[fene48]

In a nutshell: how the high carb low fat prescription fell from grace. A major public health concern was with cardiovascular disease (which is more prevalent than diabetes). From the 1950's onward, it was thought that fats were to blame (saturated fats worst of all). This belief was based on junk science, especially on lack of knowledge of how arteries get diseased. People need to eat so many calories a day, and if doctors are having us minimize fat intake, how will we make up the calories? This is the reason for the high carb era. (Especially since starches and sugars have a lot fewer calories per gram than fats do.) Eventually, scientific knowledge accumulated to show that carbs were actually promoting overweight, diabetes, and CV disease. Regarding low carb high fat, look up British diabetes specialists, physicians David Unwin and Roy Taylor (Univ. of Newcastle). Dr. Unwin is online and in the news.

You may have heard that "trans fats" have been progressively banned in Europe. What's with trans fats? Since saturated fats were thought to be toxic, then monounsaturated ones are preferable, then polyunsaturated ones must be even better! Trans fats are a kind of polys. A generation ago, there was a propaganda offensive for polys and trans. Polys were found to be too chemically reactive in the body, and trans rarely occur in our foods, so they are a spanner in the works.

I am an absolute fan of Professor Roy Taylor, but I am not sure his opinions on trans fats would be the same as yours. Try a few sites like www.joslin.org and www. mayoclinic.com and www.ada.com if you want the lowdown on why trans fats are high on the no-no list. From what I can gather they are regarded as THE worst things you can put in your mouth as regards fat.

 

[sud5nala]

I am an absolute fan of Professor Roy Taylor, but I am not sure his opinions on trans fats would be the same as yours.

Thanks for commenting. There's just a misunderstanding. I didn't advocate trans fats. I recounted that other people advocated them.

 

[fene48]

Thanks for commenting. There's just a misunderstanding. I didn't advocate trans fats. I recounted that other people advocated them.

Thanks for commenting. There's just a misunderstanding. I didn't advocate trans fats. I recounted that other people advocated them.

Hi sud5sala!
So it seems and please accept my unreserved apology. I think it may have been late in my corner of the world - which is not an excuse. So I'll just beat a hasty retreat and crawl back into my man cave.
Regards
fene