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<blockquote data-quote="Goonergal" data-source="post: 1876498" data-attributes="member: 368709"><p>I would also like to respond to this. I haven’t noticed anyone on this site making blanket assertions about the health care profession. I have noticed many people posting personal experiences which have left them frustrated and / or angry with the poor advice or patronising attitude they have received or experienced.</p><p></p><p>Personally I have found a GP and practice nurse who have been supportive of my way of eating, <strong>however</strong>, that was <strong>after</strong> I found my own way and proved that a Keto way of eating could bring my blood sugars into the non diabetic range. If I had followed their initial advice to take medication and follow the eatwell plate, I dread to think where I may have ended up.</p><p></p><p>In my case I am now being asked what I have done and the GP and nurse are keen to understand, but I do worry for others who may not have the same access to information as me: at my DESMOND course, I was the only one for whom English was a first language and my then still high but greatly reduced HbA1c (57) one of the lowest in the room (and I was the most recently diagnosed).</p><p></p><p>Health care professionals have a tough job in an underfunded service but in a context where diabetes and obesity are blamed for costing the NHS millions, one might be entitled to think that learning more about it and promoting solutions that would save millions would be a top priority.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonergal, post: 1876498, member: 368709"] I would also like to respond to this. I haven’t noticed anyone on this site making blanket assertions about the health care profession. I have noticed many people posting personal experiences which have left them frustrated and / or angry with the poor advice or patronising attitude they have received or experienced. Personally I have found a GP and practice nurse who have been supportive of my way of eating, [B]however[/B], that was [B]after[/B] I found my own way and proved that a Keto way of eating could bring my blood sugars into the non diabetic range. If I had followed their initial advice to take medication and follow the eatwell plate, I dread to think where I may have ended up. In my case I am now being asked what I have done and the GP and nurse are keen to understand, but I do worry for others who may not have the same access to information as me: at my DESMOND course, I was the only one for whom English was a first language and my then still high but greatly reduced HbA1c (57) one of the lowest in the room (and I was the most recently diagnosed). Health care professionals have a tough job in an underfunded service but in a context where diabetes and obesity are blamed for costing the NHS millions, one might be entitled to think that learning more about it and promoting solutions that would save millions would be a top priority. [/QUOTE]
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