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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dennis" data-source="post: 16460" data-attributes="member: 1338">Oh, if only life was that simple. Ever since the medical profession decided around 25 years ago that a healthy diet must comprise at least 60% carbohydrate, they have steadfastly refused to listen to any argument that says differently. What really riles me is that the decision was made following research in the US which 2 years ago was proved to be totally flawed and the "scientist" who first came up with the high-carb idea has been completely discredited. But medical opinion won't shift on this because:- no professional wants to be told that he is wrong- when, as a doctor, you have been brain-washed into believing something then anything that proves otherwise will simply be dismissed out of hand- even those doctors who may say to you privately that they agree with you will still go on recommending for Type-2s a high-carb diet that will inevitably lead to amputations, blindness and early death - because that's what the medical profession says they must do- the medical profession itself is scared to admit that they have got it wrong and that for the last 25 years the advice they have been handing out is not helping the obesity and diabetes epidemics we see in the western world, but is probably a major cause of them. They are afraid of the legal claims there would be from those who have followed the advice and suffered as a consequence- there is now a huge volume of research that proves beyond any shadow of doubt that Type-2s need a lower carb intake than non-diabetics, but all of it is simply ignored. There is also no valid research that says that a high-carb diet is good for Type-2s except in rare circumstances (e.g. some sportspeople).Believe me, many of us have tried but the medical profession simply will not listen. After all, they're the experts, what can we possibly know about it!</blockquote>

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