This is my letter to Balance:
I was very interested to read in the March/April "Balance" the article "Diagnosis Diabetes." Iin particular, I note that Dr Landeck, advised by Dr Barnard, adopted a diet "based mainly on salads, vegetables, nuts, with very few carbs." In 3 months "he lost more than 12 Kg, regulated his glucose levels & reduced his A1c from 10% to 6%."
That is an impressive achievement, that makes me wonder why Diabetes UK warn against adopting a low carb diet, when they advise that diabetes is progressive.
In my own experience, I followed the D uk recommended high complex carb diet from diagnosis for over 7 years until crippling complications forced me to look for other options. Cutting down on carbs improved my control & restored my health to the extent that 6 years of a low carb, increased fat diet hs cleared ALL the complications so that I am well & active at 75.
I hope the experience of your contributing doctors & consultants will lead to a low carb diet being included in the advice given to newly diagnosed patients.
We are advised that T2D is progressive, however well we follow the diet recommendations. You warn against a low carb diet, as its potential long term dangers are unknown. The usual monitoring would show up any dangers. In my experience, 6 years has shown only benefits.
Ian Day
That is excellent... you managed to reverse all the damage... I'm amazed... Incredible!This is my letter to Balance:
I was very interested to read in the March/April "Balance" the article "Diagnosis Diabetes." Iin particular, I note that Dr Landeck, advised by Dr Barnard, adopted a diet "based mainly on salads, vegetables, nuts, with very few carbs." In 3 months "he lost more than 12 Kg, regulated his glucose levels & reduced his A1c from 10% to 6%."
That is an impressive achievement, that makes me wonder why Diabetes UK warn against adopting a low carb diet, when they advise that diabetes is progressive.
In my own experience, I followed the D uk recommended high complex carb diet from diagnosis for over 7 years until crippling complications forced me to look for other options. Cutting down on carbs improved my control & restored my health to the extent that 6 years of a low carb, increased fat diet hs cleared ALL the complications so that I am well & active at 75.
I hope the experience of your contributing doctors & consultants will lead to a low carb diet being included in the advice given to newly diagnosed patients.
We are advised that T2D is progressive, however well we follow the diet recommendations. You warn against a low carb diet, as its potential long term dangers are unknown. The usual monitoring would show up any dangers. In my experience, 6 years has shown only benefits.
Ian Day
We are advised that T2D is progressive, however well we follow the diet recommendations. You warn against a low carb diet, as its potential long term dangers are unknown. The usual monitoring would show up any dangers. In my experience, 6 years has shown only benefits.
Ian Day
Funnily enough I have found the reverse quite true, although my husband pointed out that this is only relative - how rude!And produce more gas than the North SeaI eat lots of pulses but no longer have close friends.
This is my letter to Balance:
Cutting down on carbs improved my control & restored my health to the extent that 6 years of a low carb, increased fat diet hs cleared ALL the complications so that I am well & active at 75.
Ian Day
That's fantastic Ian and a good letter too, can I ask what complications you have reversed, and how low are your daily carbs ?
I hope you get a response to that.
It would be interesting to ask them what they expect the diet to be in the long term, as I agree that a continual weight loss diet isn't sustainable.
Carbs are 50-100 g, mainly from fruit & veg.
I was diagnosed T2D in 2000 - with peripheral neuropathy - numbness in my right thigh. It wasn't bad enough to stop me playing tennis, but I was conscious of a weakness there all the time. This was very sensitive, particularly in bed when my wife's knees pressed against me. That persisted through 7 years of DUK diet, but cleared when I reduced the carbs in 2008. On one occasion, the leg was too painful to drive, & I had to call the AA. (March 2008) The muscle pain became general & crippling. It was severe, particularly when getting out of bed - moving from lying to stting on the bed took about five minutes. I was limping around, struggling with stairs, couldn't do the cardio exercise class I went to with my wife.
I'm due for the next blood test this morning, so results will be updated shortly.
E.g. not boasting, but to encourage those concerned about complications, and possible long term dangers of low carbohydrate, increased fat -
Saturday
Morning shopping
Afternoon I played tennis for 2 hours. 3 sets, 6/3, 6/6, 3/6.
Sunday up at 8
I played the organ (keyboard) for the morning service, prepared the dinner,
spent the afternoon editing a document for Bible study,
I felt drowsy during the evening service,
came home and finished editing.
Bed at 11.
Today - fairly quiet until 5 pm
Then 1 hour gym (Ealing hospital) followed by an hour's table tennis.
Tuesday I'm 75.
Like the guy in the tv stair lift ad - it's given me my life back.
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Sounds better than my weekend.
Friday, load up the car and drive to the new house I've bought to renovate.
Totally empty, airbed, sleeping bag and armchair for the time being
Friday, afternoon, paint strip and repaint the loft room, fill all the holes in the bedroom walls, round the local builders merchants late afternoon, then to Asda to buy lightbulbs.
Saturday, take out the fireplace, hack off the plaster on the wall ready to repair the dpc, demolish the old meter cupboards, strip out the bathroom, (apart from the toilet yet), strip out the kitchen apart from the sink.
Second coat of paint in the loft.
Sunday, strip wallpaper in the front downstairs, tidy the front garden up. Off to buy the new flat pack kitchen, load the car back up for the week working.
Monday, sort out the paperwork, off to work shortly.
Dear Ian,
Thank you very much for your recent email to Diabetes Balance magazine, regarding the article 'Diagnoses: Diabetes' in the March – April 2014 edition of the magazine.
Diabetes UK do not recommend a high- or a low-carbohydrate diet, as carbohydrate requirements are different depending on the weight, age and activity levels. The charity advocates a healthy, balanced diet, and encourage people to develop their knowledge on portion sizes and ensuring that they don't have more than they need – a dietitian can assist with working out these requirements. Doctor Landeck, whose story we published in Diabetes Balance, designed his own plan based on his personal circumstances.
You can find more information on low calorie diets on the Diabetes UK website:
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us...ydrate-diets-for-people-with-Type-2-diabetes/
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us...tion-of-carbohydrate-in-people-with-diabetes/
I hope you continue to enjoy reading Diabetes Balance magazine, and find it a source of information and support.
Kind regards
Rachel
On behalf of Diabetes Balance magazine
Yes - it was really no more than an acknowledgement.Well, at least they acknowledged your letter
Yes - it was really no more than an acknowledgement.
A previous reply (a year or two ago) said in effect, "Thank you for your letter. We will take it into consideration when next we update our information.
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