IanD said:
By all means tackle your diabetes & other health problems by all available means. I wish you well.
Those of us who bang the reduced carb drum do so because it is not even suggested as a possibility by NHS/DUK & our dietitians, yet when we have gone that way, have found great benefit.
That isn't hostility but seeking to direct others to the way that has given us a new lease of life.
5 years ago, I too would have rejected the need for carb control/reduction, but 2 years ago I was becoming crippled with neuropathy. Low carbing restored my activity.
That's fine Ian, it is pleasing that you have found a way of overcoming your problems. I don't in all honestly have any problems with people low-carbing, I have reduced my carb intake too in the last 12 months. The problem I have is, that it is fine to recommend a diet plan that reduces bg's and hba1c, and also helps with weight issues, but to ignore the dangers that are associated with such diets, and be dismissive at every opportunity even though the evidence is stacked against it, beggars believe. As we have said before, diet advice and what one should and should not eat should be carried out on a personal bases with a qualified gp, diabetes consultant or dsn, who are aware of your past and present medical history. To recommend a diet high in saturated fat to someone with a history of heart disease is **** right dangerous, the same can be said with someone with a history of kidney disease, no one is in a position to diagnose or suggest dietary changes unless they are suitably qualified.
Take Graham64 for example, he is so deluded that he thinks he knows more about diet and nutrition than ally, who is a qualified dietitian with many years of experience, dealing with patients with diabetes on a daily bases, so given the opportunity who's advice do you think that I value and would take on board? Most low-carbers only ever come on-line when they see a opportunity to brain wash someone looking for diet advice, with the exception when they come on to refute evidence that proves there are risks involved with a LC diet. Many on this forum, some who have contributed to this thread, are here day after day offering advice and information based on their own knowledge and experience, no matter what the subject matter is.
Perhaps it would be better that people refrain from offering dietary advice and sticking to helping people overcome the difficulties that are associated with diabetes on a daily bases.
Best wishes
Nigel