Hi
@Q007,
Given the recent tragedy you have faced and the pesky aspects of diabetes, grief counselling and counselling about eating problems are important considerations for you. Why your GP has not referred you for such is beyond belief.
Low carb high fat diet for T2Ds research has been published and the NHS has fast tracked the Low Carb for T2Ds program developed by the administration of this wensite in conjunction with Dr David Unwin's practice.
In fact Dr Unwin's wife is a clinical psychologist in the group practice and has made important contributions to the programme and patients in terms of helping people with decision-making and also with help about eating problems.
In the USA the low carb diet has been recognised as one of the three successful ways of weight reduction in T2Ds ( along with calorie restriction and gastric banding ( surgery).
I do wonder how up to date your health team really is.
With a very low carb diet ( ? < 35 g carbs per day) the amount of fat and protein one eats increases. These two are the best at relieving hunger and enable many of us to feel full enough that two meals a day is sufficient.
With carb intake that low we tend to switch from burning carbs for fuel to burning fat, as
@bulkbiker describes above.
The switchover does create a temporary glitch in our well being called the keto flu, in the first few days on the diet and dietdoctor.com covers the explanation of this and what to do about it.
Fat has been demonised in the past but there was a lot of bad and misleading research involved and the food and pharmacetical industries have tried to falsify research to continue this myth in their own interest.( profit)
If you need a reference to rebutt what your DSN and doctor say about fat, ask them nicely to subscribe to zoeharcombe.com.
Zoe is a Welsh nutritionist, independent of food and pharmaceutical industry, lobby groups and Government who has reviewed all the literature about fat, heart disease, cholesterol and dug out all the statistical fudges which have been made to try to continue this myth about fats and heart disease and trying to discredit low carb diets.
If your health team cannot be bothered to read her work and others she references then they are truly blinkered and not open to change. A mind is like a parachute, it only works when open.
The choice of what you may do is yours and although we cannot give you medical/ nurse advice or opinion there are many on site who have embarked on the low carb high fat diet, some by themselves or with suggestions and support from this site and others through the program, and succeeded.
There is no shame in following exactly what your health team are suggesting. Those that have followed similar advice will be able to tell you of how they fared and why some changed.
Please obtain help for your eating troubles though as managing diabetes is a challenge without that added troubles.
The best success is to succeed, by hook or by crook.
BestvWishes