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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ConradJ" data-source="post: 704250" data-attributes="member: 66676">Not at all: DUK have done - and still do - a great deal of tremendous work of immense value; BUT their info on T2 is woefully misleading and particularly because their dietary advice is...'confusing, contradictory and vague.  I don't give it out to patients and when I'm asked by DSNs and other dieticians I don't recommend it.'- NHS Dietician who spoke with me this month.DUK have spent so much time 'talking up' the issue of weight and diabetes that all other causes have been consigned to the bin of general ignorance and people like me (and thousands of others) who weren't overweight when they diagnosed and/or who have never really gone overweight or exceeded their upper BMI limits are being 'branded' with the same brush.As the "leading charity for people with diabetes", DUKs polarisation sucks as it's done no one any favours at all: it's creating a belief that diabetes (irrespective of type) is self inflicted and all we greedies should do is stop the sweets, cakes, and overindulgence and we'll all be cured in an instant - weight watchers - shake.Pah!They should know and behave better.</blockquote>

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