As a means of prevention it remains very good advice.
But you make a very good point in why naming 'type' matters.
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I suppose people dislike the fact that it says 'people with diabetes', and not 'people with type 1 diabetes only'. It's rather like saying 'people with diabetes don't need artificial insulin; they can control their condition with diet and lifestyle changes'- that's very good advice for most, but extremely bad advice for others.
I’ve just nearly choked on my tea as I started reading itShould be an emoticon for blowing raspberries.
As it's aimed at those with who already have diabetes it's not concerned with prevention but dealing with diabetes through diet.
And as such I think it is bad advice.
Some people with T1 feel they benefit from a lower carb diet and T2's would in the majority of cases definitely not benefit from following such dietary guidelines.
But I do think lumping us all together as diabetics without regard to the differing requirements of those people with differing types of diabetes is a bad idea also.
the GP said they now don't do fasting tests for lipids
Seeing as what you’ve eaten can effect the lipids how can they compare one reading to the other unless conditions are the same?Incidentally I assumed the jump in lipids was down to the fact that it wasn't a fasting test, however the GP said they now don't do fasting tests for lipids so all can be done at the same time! I'm now confused on what to do!!!
Had my HbA1c, Cholestorol and Kidney tests. Due to covid it was a different nurse to my usual of the last 4 years or so. Anyway she said I had good veins (for the blood draw) and said I had done well to reverse the diabetes. I sometimes call my eating method meat and 2 veg to keep it simple, she said yes cutting out the fast foods are good. I said I don't do any of the breakfast bars (she said she sometimes does). I kid you not she said yes you'd br better off with a bananaI'm Type 2 and that advice from the British Nutrition Foundation is pretty much to the letter what my GP said to me this morning whilst discussing my latest blood results. I thought I had eaten far too much fruit last 6 months, especially black and red grapes and my penchant for all types of potatoes was also a failing of mine, so I thought, but at the same time I cut right back on bread, rice, pasta, pizzas and pastries to the extent that I've had no pastry, cake or pizza for 6 months, not that I ate a lot of those anyway. Instead bacon, eggs and sausages and other types of meat with salads have become more frequent and always strawberries for dessert. So in a nutshell June 2019 to December 2020 when I was eating more carbs than fat my HBA1c jumped from 48 - 58. Between December 2019 and July 2020 when I have eaten more fat, less carbs, bar the fruit and potatoes, my HBA1c has dropped from 58 - 51. However my cholesterol has jumped from 3.5 to 5.6. Triglycerides from 2.6 to 6.7. HDL the same at 0.8 and I think she said my bad cholesterol was either late 2's or early 3's. So basically she said the higher fat intake increased the lipids but she was happy with the drop in HBA1c. Incidentally I assumed the jump in lipids was down to the fact that it wasn't a fasting test, however the GP said they now don't do fasting tests for lipids so all can be done at the same time! I'm now confused on what to do!!!
Then the test is meaningless. And pointless doing.
Seeing as what you’ve eaten can effect the lipids how can they compare one reading to the other unless conditions are the same?
Non fasting is because fewer people no show appointments or turn up to fasted ones unfasted therefore get turned away. Both situations wasting appointments.
also have you been actively losing weight in this last 6 months. This will temporarily raise bgl too no matter what method you use.
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