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    Diabetic Food - Why is it sold?

    Something which could quite easily be applied to quite a few non "!diabetic" foods.
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    Why did I even mention it

    If you are comparing the results precision is likely to matter more than accuracy anyway.
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    Why did I even mention it

    The other bit of faulty logic is that he was happy for you to measure your weight and blood pressure at home. The Hba1c dosn't measure the same thing as a plasma glucose test anyway. Lab blood tests have their own inaccuracies too.
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    Low carb didn't work for me.

    BMI was developed for population demographics. It was never intended to be applied to individuals.
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    BBC 2 TONIGHT AT 9.00 PM. The Big Health Dilemma.

    Kind of what sanguine and myself suspected might happen.
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    BBC 2 TONIGHT AT 9.00 PM. The Big Health Dilemma.

    Both burgers and sausages can vary by a huge amount when it comes to how much is actually meat. But if they are of high meat content there is little difference between them and minced beef, lamb, pork, turkey, etc. I've always found it interesting how products containing minced poultry or fish...
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    Low carb didn't work for me.

    The distinction between "pre-diabetes" and "T2" is rather arbitrary anyway. There are also a number of other situations which might be more usefully described that way.
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    BBC 2 TONIGHT AT 9.00 PM. The Big Health Dilemma.

    Do they explain exactly how and why? Given that using a fire to cook meat was the only option for most of history (and prehistory).
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    BBC 2 TONIGHT AT 9.00 PM. The Big Health Dilemma.

    Burgers are also often served in a sandwich. There isn't that much "fast food", that you could find in Britain, which could possibly be called "low carb". Even without chips. Generally it would be a choice between HCHF and HCLF. It's not uncommon for barbecued sausages to be served as "hot...
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    Working out what to eat

    If you assume that "healthy" applies to the profit margins of the food industry then things can make a lot more sense.
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    Working out what to eat

    That was one of my first thoughts. Another was along the lines of "I wonder how badly whoever came up with this failed chemistry".
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    Working out what to eat

    They are probably just bad anyway. What isn't widely known is that cell membranes are made up of chemicals related to fats called "phospholipids". The wrong fatty acids in cell membranes (or lipoproteins) can cause all sorts of things to go wrong. The fatty acid ratios of "vegetable oils" are...
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    Working out what to eat

    Assuming it is useful for humans in general :)
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    Working out what to eat

    Which is why it's important to test. Different people have different tollerances. Both in terms of the "what" and the "how much". The "sugars" number can also be useful, in comparing foods with similar total carbohydrate. But in this case you need to aim for the lowest "total" minus "sugars"...
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    Working out what to eat

    1) "higher" is a relative term, Also whilst this may apply to RABBITS there isn't any evidence that this has any relevance to humans. (There is evidence that plant derived polyunsaturated fats, even in cis configuration, are immuno-supressive and carcenogenic.) 2) It would depend on how much...
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    NHS Doctors Rant!!!

    It's probably the percentage of "calories" idea which causes the confusion here. Since this can score moderate amounts of fat "high" and large amounts of sugars "low". The human body cannot possibly count "calories" in the first place either. People have been trying to make the "Calories In...
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    NHS Doctors Rant!!!

    Hopefully they can also be honest about what they don't know too :)
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    NHS Doctors Rant!!!

    It can have a similar effect on, regular, T2s. The more worrying bit is does he take beliefs over hard data in his speciality too. An apparent oddity is that cereals with added sugar often turn out to have GI's lower than those without. Until you count actual sugar molecules. I'm not sure...
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    diabetes nurse visit

    What are you eating. The so called "balanced diet" uses a rather odd definition of "balanced", since it often works out to be 60-70% glucose. Whilst you probably could eat such a diet the issue of if you should is up to you. Though that would probably require "carb counting" of what you eat...
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    Low carb diet

    That's the official advice. Which makes no sense on a number of levels. These guidelines encourage carbohydrates with the highest glucose content, whist discouraging those with a lower glucose. There is no actual dietary sugar requirement for a human (and AFAIK any mammal). Cancer cells are...