Yes - read on:
I
have asked my doctor, twice. About 2 years ago at my old surgery. They were open to exploring before answering. There is a second "diet" available called Lipotrim. They will supply an informational binder and at my old surgery the diabetic nurse accepted this and promised to study it and report to the doctor. At that time I was working a demanding job with long hours and I gave up before that doctor had to make a decision. The problem for a GP is you have to give up any tablets you may be taking because, the theory goes, no sugars in - no tablets needed. And many GPs do not want to be the one that OK'd a diet if you had problems and most do not have the time or resources to support individual T2/Obese patients. She would not even refer me to a nutritionist.
Lipotrim has been around for a long time now and was once only available through your GP; it works for obese people as well as T2 diabetics. It is now available and supported through your chemist who requires the OK from your GP if you have T2. I see it as an excellent product.
The second time was in July this year. My new GP was NOT interested and her diabetic nurse was non-supportive wanting me to lose weight the NHS way. It was
very frustrating to hear the NHS announcing how obesity and diabetes were dragging down resources and my GP not wanting to support these types of programs. I included the information from
Newcastle with the information from Lipotrim in my efforts to get the OK. I even pleaded during 2 or 3 visits to no avail.
I got them to agree to full bloods tests every 3 months and then went ahead and started the diet on my own. After 8 weeks of a standard local/lofat diet at the 600 cals target my results were great. By then I was educating myself on the lchf ketosis diets and I moved onto that at 1200 cals and moved up to 1800 cals.
I started at 21 Stone at the end of July and made it to 18 Stone by early November. I had more energy, clearer thought processes and brighter outlook. ALL of my bloods improved vastly. I am aiming for 15 stone sometime next year. I was 13 stone as a teenager, but that seems too low for my body as it is now, age 63 with good muscle tone. BTW, most of this involves eating good food in smaller portions - no 'diet' and no 'diet tricks'. I used to love chocolates, but this Christmas one candy seemed so sweet it was revolting and I did not try any others. I did have some carb meals (it's the holidays) and like an addict my body screamed for more. But using my BG meter I could see my BGs going all over the place - mostly too high. Thank God the holidays are over.