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Good question - why your husband should be offered a diabetes course is a mystery, but you haven't been offered one because you were diagnosed too long ago - now they are trying to offer all the newly diagnosed a course. I suggest he accepts the course & you go along with him - people offered...

I think you will find that the factor was intense medication to get the HbA1c down. A low HbA1c achieved by diet and moderate medication is not a problem. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I didn't consider it as possibly valid. If the T2 problem is sat fat blocking of the cell "keyholes" (sic) then excess carbs will be the cause, NOT butter. I did report to PHC, but no comment. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I went on the XPERT course about 10 years after diagnosis, after I went low carb and restored my health. Two years later I went on a refresher course, and the organizer dietitian suggested I write to Xperthealth with my experience. Now they recommend LCHF. Last month I went on the 1-day Desmond...

I've sent mine with copies to Trudi and Sam (PHC) I've received the acknowledgement. Thanks for telling us about this. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

This article is still very relevant

I was able to give a talk on LCHF to the Hounslow group - & was invited to give a repeat. Search Hounslow

I have tried a range of alternatives without significant benefit, until I was becoming crippled with complications. Then with advice from contributors here I cut out carbohydrates, & increased veg & fatty foods. In THREE MONTHS my health was restored.

We consulted our polecat - our son & bride brought her from Poland after their wedding. She looked at the door & said "Me-out!" but when we opened it, she just sat there.

I changed my diet suddenly when I learnt about the benefits of low carb. I was suffering a range of NHS/DUK diet induced complications which were soon reversed. Like you I don't have a financial constraint. Saturated fat is generally not expensive - full cream milk, cheese, mince, bacon, ham...

Thanks Kevin for a full report. Very helpful. I was invited to do the X-PERT course about 10 years after diagnosis when I reported my LCHF success. The dietitian wanted me there to encourage the newcomers! She allowed LC down to 130 g per day, & when I challenged the example of a high fat diet...

"Balance" is the bimonthly magazine of "Diabetes UK." IMO it is useless for T2 as it promotes the party line of starchy carbs & low fat. My suggestion that they interview Dr Trudi Deakin (X-PERT course) got the brush-off:

My Balance arrived today (last Wednesday) & of course I looked right through to see how the leading diabetes charity responded to the diabetes & weight issue that hit ALL the headlines two (3) weeks ago. I mean the reports issued by the Public Health Collaboration & the National Obesity Forum...

Brilliant observation, ChrisSamsDad

My Balance arrived today & of course I looked right through to see how the leading diabetes charity responded to the diabetes & weight issue that hit ALL the headlines two weeks ago. I mean the reports issued by the Public Health Collaboration & the National Obesity Forum. See www.phcuk.org...

I did the X-PERT course & a "refresher" after I had gained control. I wrote to her: I wasn't the only one to write - I know of others. The rest is history.

About 6 g carb - I eat them loaded with butter, & peanut butter or cheese. It's good to crunch occasionally Edit - I occasionally eat ONE

I was diagnosed T2D in 2000 with a numbness in one leg that the Dr considered to be neuropathy, due to diabetes. HbA1c of 11 confirmed the diagnosis. I was then warned of all the diabetes complications, & told that diabetes was a progressive disease. However well I followed their advice, it...

Thanks Robbity - that's what we - & the sceptics - should be reading - the voice of experience over the voice of the "experts."