Fascinating. Actually now that you mention it, when I first spoke to the diabetic nurse all those weeks ago she SEEMED like she was talking about bringing down my carb intake (that's actually how I found this site). But I only had 30m with her that one day. Since then, the Prevention people are all about carbs carbs carbs.
Last year I was in Hospital awaiting a procedure, and I waited 6 months for it to happen. I was at the time LCHF, so going onto hospital fare was not easy. My bgl shot up into the 20's and 30's so I modified the meal plan and succeeded in getting it down. While I was doing this my bgl would often go above 15. Now the consultant was happy while I kept it to 13 or below, but 15 was not considered a bad result. I too was being coerced to eat more carbs and to have a proper breakfast of Cherrios or porridge etc.
I queried why 13, and it seems to be that most of the patient he sees are on insulin treatment so for them a 13 was a good number. I was one of the first he had seen that got below 5 in the mornings, and it frightened him. That is a hypo on his watch.
To cut this short, I was taken off my diabetic meds while on the ward, and suddenly I found I could actually eat carbs again. I was actually in proper Remission and had a happy birthday party on the ward with choccie cake, 2 strudel tarts, about 4 choc cup cakes, and my bgl remained below 8. Unfortunately when I had the Op they put me back onto insulin and they controlled my diabetes remotely until I was discharged home and restarted my LCHF. again.
So most HCP's seem to regard control regimes to be needing to be between 5 and 13 for "good control". My GP wants me at 7, and I am currently running at 6.4 averaged.
My GP had learned to trust me and no longer lectures me. But I am the only one of his patients that is doing LC and staying off the insulin. He too has to toe the NHS line and the Practice could be sued if he advised a different strategy that is not in his procedures. This is the power of EATWELL. But they cannot force you to change to it. Only by applying for a court injunction or having you sectioned can they take that control. All they can do is refer you to another doctor or practice.