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<blockquote data-quote="phil1966" data-source="post: 1207753" data-attributes="member: 144138"><p>Unfortunately, it's not as simple as a one size fits all diet: diabetes is a very personal disease and people need to find a diet that works for them and their personal situation: for an extreme example, I'm very, very allergic to walnuts and almonds and if I followed your advice, I could be dead within 24 hours! I also eat little and often so I can get the calories I need to maintain my weight (I have a BMI < 21 so can't really afford to lose much more!) without spiking my blood so your 3 meals a day wouldn't work for me either</p><p></p><p>This is why self testing (along with advice about what the figures mean and what to do about them) should be encouraged: it's this mantra of "no need to test" that really winds me up: it's really about money not about good health advice and is the single most dangerous thing to come out of these courses. </p><p></p><p>If they instead said something like "you may be OK to eat brown rice but check your blood after and if it spikes then you know you can't eat it in the amount you ate, so reduce the amount or try something else and test again" would be far, far better advice! (As it happens, I can eat brown rice in moderation, something I've found by testing!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phil1966, post: 1207753, member: 144138"] Unfortunately, it's not as simple as a one size fits all diet: diabetes is a very personal disease and people need to find a diet that works for them and their personal situation: for an extreme example, I'm very, very allergic to walnuts and almonds and if I followed your advice, I could be dead within 24 hours! I also eat little and often so I can get the calories I need to maintain my weight (I have a BMI < 21 so can't really afford to lose much more!) without spiking my blood so your 3 meals a day wouldn't work for me either This is why self testing (along with advice about what the figures mean and what to do about them) should be encouraged: it's this mantra of "no need to test" that really winds me up: it's really about money not about good health advice and is the single most dangerous thing to come out of these courses. If they instead said something like "you may be OK to eat brown rice but check your blood after and if it spikes then you know you can't eat it in the amount you ate, so reduce the amount or try something else and test again" would be far, far better advice! (As it happens, I can eat brown rice in moderation, something I've found by testing!) [/QUOTE]
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