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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doireallyneedanams" data-source="post: 2756723" data-attributes="member: 519124">So as the title says, my 81 year old father has been diagnosed with type 2. He’s not UK based, and seemingly it was diagnosed after a single fasting blood of 7.5.Anyway, I know that’s not what we do in the UK, but it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that his last test a year ago was the same and that’s why they’ve done it. He doesn’t know, and doesn’t care to ask, he trusts his doctor.They haven’t given him any dietary advice at all, they’ve just put him on metformin and told him they’ll repeat bloods in 3 months to assess. I don’t know if they’re useless, or considerate of his age and the likelihood of this actually getting a chance to impact him negatively. He has no diabetic symptoms!Having had gestational diabetes twice snd gone on to eat a low carb diet, I am familiar with the do’s and donts, and lets just say they whilst my dad is doing what he thinks is right, there are a lot of wrongs because like many, he doesn’t really get the carbs thing and can’t get out of the sugar = bad thing.Thing is, he’s 81. Is there any point in talking to him about denying himself life’s delicious treasures? I went pretty hardcore and cut out most carbs, but I was 30 years old and a diabetes diagnosis so early is completely different.Would you bother advising or advocating for diet advice? Or just let him do as he wishes? His diet has always been a lot of mediterranean but obviously it’s in the genes since he and both my siblings now have type 2.Thoughts?</blockquote>

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