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<blockquote data-quote="Celeriac" data-source="post: 919009" data-attributes="member: 188243"><p>I was stuck on Metformin and Aspirin 4 days after diagnosis. I knew nothing about diabetes so I didn't challenge him.</p><p></p><p> I'm the only patient with diabetes in his practice who low carbs, the only one who has gone down three dress sizes and improved her retinopathy and the only one eating organic food. </p><p></p><p>The GP and other HCPs I come across do seem to regard me as an exception. One DSN said that the majority of people she sees in this town don't eat a green vegetable from one week to the next and they are highly resistant to dietary changes. She gets the attitude that the meds should cure/control diabetes.</p><p></p><p>I suspect that my GP was so used to treating people like that, he forgot that I would have a different attitude. </p><p></p><p>I went low GI straight away but it didn't work for me. I think it's probably harder to try and reverse diabetes after being on meds for some time, because they probably mess with your body a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celeriac, post: 919009, member: 188243"] I was stuck on Metformin and Aspirin 4 days after diagnosis. I knew nothing about diabetes so I didn't challenge him. I'm the only patient with diabetes in his practice who low carbs, the only one who has gone down three dress sizes and improved her retinopathy and the only one eating organic food. The GP and other HCPs I come across do seem to regard me as an exception. One DSN said that the majority of people she sees in this town don't eat a green vegetable from one week to the next and they are highly resistant to dietary changes. She gets the attitude that the meds should cure/control diabetes. I suspect that my GP was so used to treating people like that, he forgot that I would have a different attitude. I went low GI straight away but it didn't work for me. I think it's probably harder to try and reverse diabetes after being on meds for some time, because they probably mess with your body a lot. [/QUOTE]
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