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The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) consultation on its draft report, Lower carbohydrate diets for adults with type 2 diabetes, is open for scientific comment. You are invited to submit comments relating to the scientific content of the draft report. You are also invited to...

DVLA has updated the ‘Assessing fitness to drive: a guide for medical professionals’ guidance. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/diabetes-mellitus-assessing-fitness-to-drive There are two changes relating to Diabetes The Secretary of State’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Diabetes...

.....following on from a NewsBot story posted back in May https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/government-body-faces-criticism-as-it-launches-consultation-on-reducing-saturated-fat.146130/ Public Health England has published the consultation results, and also added their comments. If you...

Interesting article in Guardian today, on a study into genes and diabetes. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/04/ancient-gene-mutation-could-protect-against-diabetes-study-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Interesting article in the Economist 1843 magazine this week. For more than a century we’ve counted on calories to tell us what will make us fat. Peter Wilson says it’s time to bury the world’s most misleading measure By the 1930s the calorie had become entrenched in both the public mind and...

High blood pressure, diabetes and obesity each linked to unhealthy brains https://mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/high-blood-pressure-diabetes-obesity-linked-to-unhealthy-brains/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery A study published in the European Heart Journal examined the associations between...

As mentioned on another thread, the assessing fitness to drive advice for medical professionals has been amended to take account of Interstitial Glucose Monitoring. For Type sorry Group 2 licences, a finger prick test must continue to be used to confirm the readings...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/22/patisserie-valerie-administration-cafe-chain That’ll teach them to poison people with carbs [emoji33]

This popped up in an email I received from Diabetes UK today... "A ‘faddy’ diet is one where you are advised to do any of the following: cut out food groups (dairy and starchy carbs are popular - without there being a medical reason to do this) restrict an eating pattern to a few foods stick...

Article in the Grauniad today.... The ultra-low-carb ketogenic diet – which forces the body to burn fat – flies in the face of conventional nutritional advice. It is hugely popular, but is it healthy or sustainable...

Gene variations that reduce ability to store fat around the hips linked to higher risk of diabetes and heart attacks. https://mrc.ukri.org/news/browse/gene-variations-linked-to-higher-risk-of-diabetes-and-heart-attacks/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery I haven't seen this posted yet...

Early Day Motions for the United Kingdom Parliament Early day motion 1828 WORLD DIABETES DAY ON 14 NOVEMBER 2018 Session: 2017-19 Date tabled: 13.11.2018 Primary sponsor: Vaz, Keith Sponsors: That this House supports World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2018 where millions of people around the...

....if stuff like this is considered food ?? Ever heard of a Mars bar or Katsu Chicken Curry toastie? Well you have now.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/45890859

Higher levels of biomarkers of dairy fat consumption are associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research. The study was undertaken by an international consortium led by scientists at the MRC and Tufts University...

Apparently according to this scumbag their moral responsibility is to make as much money as they possibly can [emoji33] https://amp.ft.com/content/48b0ce2c-b544-11e8-bbc3-ccd7de085ffe?__twitter_impression=true

He may have learned a lot more if he'd tried it for more than one week. Being warned that he was in danger of developing scurvy cannot have helped :wideyed: Not sure @NoCrbs4Me will agree................... https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/sep/10/my-carnivore-diet-jordan-peterson-beef

DVLA have today (31/8/18) released updated guidelines for medical professionals for assess fitness to drive. These are the guidelines for Diabetes. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/diabetes-mellitus-assessing-fitness-to-drive

New study also suggests regimes that include intermittent fasting may cause other long-term health problems. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/20/fasting-diets-raise-risk-of-diabetes ......for Rats anyway :wideyed:

There is a draft report released today by Public Health England and the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, along with a consultation on the matter, that members might want to read and possibly reply to. Makes interesting, if contentious reading...

Not strictly about Diabetes so forgive me...... My wife, who is 55 5ft 2 tall and barely 6st 10 (94 lbs) and with a blood pressure reading that is so low it’s barely measurable, had a Blood Test recently and was asked to make an appointment “as a matter of urgency” Anyway her total Cholesterol...