He probably does eat a lot of carbs, brown bread, and eats what he was told by his doctor, I keep telling him he needs an app to track his carbs. He's out from 5 in the morning and sometimes has no access to heating or cooking food so needs to work out other cold things he can have for lunch, I will read up, thank you
Doctors tend not be educated in nutrition, so they go with the standard of care, which does not put treatable diabetes into remission for those with Type 2 and requires more insulin for those with Type 1.
The food industry along with Dietitians and Nutritionalist recommendations essentially are underpinned by the belief that dietary saturated fat and cholesterol cause heart attacks and strokes. It is for the individual to decide if they believe food frequency questionaires that sometimes show a change in "risk" for example from 1 to 1.18 (inflated to look like 18%, just rubbish, even if you accept the methods used) or other higher level studies (RCT's) that do not show any association. I made my choice based on the health status of previous generations on meat and 2 veg, tribes who eat meat and their lack of modern disease and populations such as in Hong Kong that have had the longest living and highest meat eating populations.
To get a fasting blood glucose of 3.9 this morning, yesterday I took the following "pill":
I ate 2 meals and some took some exercise:
Breakfast: Kippers, farm made traditional burgers, followed by almonds, brazil, hazelnuts, blue berries, blackberries and Greek yogurt
Dinner: Nandos seasoned air fried chicken and salad, followed by melted 100% dark chocolate with nuts and pork puffs
Gym: Barbell squats, Bench presses, Seated pulley rows, Punch / Kick bag work
Walking: 11,000 steps (after meal 1 and during Gym)