Question: via The Diabetes Prevention Programme or otherwise, has the NHS enabled you to successfully manage your weight?
Like some above, I nearly fell off my chair with laughing when I read this
No the NHS has done absolutely nothing to assist me in losing weight.
At various times I have had back, knee, menstrual problems, depression, emotional distress/confusion/word loss/memory issues, high blood pressure and gut problems blamed on my weight. All with the blanket advice to 'lose some'.
No one has given me any sensible advice on how to do this, since the Eat Less Move More mantra was something I had tried for decades.
Although one cheerfully unsympathetic nurse did give me a photocopied sheet telling me to eat 9 portions of brown carbs a day.
And a doc once told me that I was 'fat enough' for surgery, if I wanted it. I didn't. Don't. And am appalled that this was his
first suggestion the first time I saw him, without him even reading my notes.
So, fell back on my own resources and:
low carb -> very low carb -> keto dealt with the memory, distress, confusion and word loss
low carbing has also helped me lose 60+ pounds, then stalled for years
the depression lifted magically after supplementing with vit D3
sleep improved tremendously with the use of magnesium oil
my reactive hypoglycaemia stays totally under control if I stay off gluten and carbs
oh, and my high blood pressure resolved when I managed to identify coffee as the cause