Agreed - think he was so annoyed he decided to say it. Wish he'd been on the debate as you say - he would have been good.
Totally agree - I was gobsmacked when told diabetic as never eaten sweets, cakes, biscuits etc. But did eat pasta, bread, potatoes ...
My mother and maternal grandfather were both had T2 diabetes so I used to eat what was considered healthily ie low fat, low sugar, brown pasta, rice and bread, jacket potatoes and plenty of fruit - my colleagues used to laugh at me because each Monday morning I would bring in enough apples, oranges, bananas, pears, plums, grapes, kiwi etc to last me, and them if desperate, a week and I still got diabetes.
That is about the only bit I could get my head round. Years ago most work was manual (blue collar) type, even in the office there was a requirement to carry heavy ledgers about. In the typing pool (remember them?) Doris would hammer the keys, using energy in the process. We walked from office to office to talk to colleagues. Today more and more people work in an office, instead of meeting others we send an email/telephone. The accounts are on a computer screen, no files or ledgers. There is a possibility that some people sit for hours at a time in their workplace. The dangers of fatal accidents at work, lung disease, broken limbs etc have been replaced with sedentary work which is now showing signs of being equally fatal!
Try this one too, @eggs11 - https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/low-carb-slow-cooker-chocolate-cake/ Lovely when warm and with cream. I have to thank @Rachox for being slightly addicted to this....!Thank you SO much - haven't had cake for weeks and weeks since going low carb - this looks like a very delicious option!
That was me, although split between work and home-working to bring in the pennies. I could sit (although I did get up and move about as frequently as I could) from 8.30am to 7.30pm if I had a lot of work, and also at the weekends. I was going to the gym twice a week, lifting weights etc at the time. I am convinced that (apart from genetics) the sitting for hours contributed/brought on T2. I gave up the home-working to save my health. Of course, the 'lazy, overweight' T2 assertion never mentions your point about how the workplace has changed.....
I was eating a heck of a lot of fruit before dx - due to trying to follow Slimming World, am sure it didn't help.
I don't think it is ironic. There is nothing wrong with any person, diabetic or not eating cake but those with diabetes know that there is a healthier version for their condition hence low carb recipes. It is sheer ignorance actually to assume type 2 diabetes equates to too much cake eating, whether it's a cake, a slice of wholemeal loaf, a bowl of porridge etc, there is no need for ANY stereotyping. Unless of course, you think that only sugary cakes & sweets are the enemy.
Nice post
Whether diabetics can eat cake is not the point. The irony stems from the fact that the stereotype of a diabetic held by many people, possibly including Jeremy Vine, is that they are particularly interested in cake and the thread suddenly became a discussion of cake.
Perfectly happy to be part of a stereotype held by many that people with diabetes are particularly interested in low carb cakes
