... when are they going to say that a low carb high protein diet is fine. .
That's good to know. I'd love to read the Swedish guidelines but it might be hard to find an English language version. I will have a look...Sweden is the only country where the government health organisation advocates LCHF.
The Americans are tinkering with the guidelines. It's political for them - they subsidise the farmers growing all that corn and food is a big export.
Yep, I did a search and found some articles about it, but the actual guidelines are in Swedish. I saw a related guideline that referred to a "Mediterranean diet low in carbohydrates". Yay Sweden!dietdoctor.com has some information in English about the decision but I don't recall seeing actual translated guidelines.
I think it will change once high quality* research about LCHF is published, accepted and promoted. I think there is some promising research currently underway?
*Usually the writers of guidelines will only accept large scale randomised controlled trials, not small studies or case reports, and the studies should be published in "high impact" journals, rather than lesser-known, less reliable publications.
Normally I only accept this level of evidence too. But in this case I accept the anecdotal evidence of the hundreds of people I've seen post in this forum, plus my own anecdotal experience of what my BG meter and my body are telling me. In short, we know it works, but to get the approach into formal guidelines, it has to be proven in a certain way. This system prevents ineffective and potentially harmful treatments being approved. The downside is that when there is a potentially helpful treatment, it takes a long time to get it approved.
So I give it 5-10 years before we will be able to tell our GPs and nurses to check their guidelines. By then, hundreds of thousands of people will have suffered poorer health than necessary, and will have cost our countries millions.
It won't happen overnight, but it will happen.
Sweden is the only country where the government health organisation advocates LCHF.
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Anna Karin Lindroos said:“Sweden does not have any guidelines on low-carb-high-fat diets. The information that Sweden has guidelines on low-carb-high-fat diets is based on incorrect information circulating on the Internet.”
On the Swedish department of health and welfare's website there are national guidelines in English, and the 2015 ones I read referred to a "Mediterranean diet low in carbohydrates" as being an acceptable option for a healthy diet, for health professionals to encourage in diabetics. Unfortunately the more detailed guidelines where this is hopefully expanded on, were in Swedish. These detailed guidelines, in turn, reference the SBU report mentioned in the above article (also in Swedish). So, I'm not completely convinced that the SBU report went nowhere. IMO Sweden looks like the country that is closest to officially saying low carb is better.Sorry Celeriac but that myth was debunked over a year ago, it was never ever true I'm afraid, while they advocate eating some healthy fats in moderation they never advocated LCHF.
Read the article here if you dont believe me https://experiencelife.com/newsflashes/debunking-news-of-swedens-low-carb-high-fat-guidelines/
Low carb high(er) fat is a better way to go - too much protein can be bad too.
Robbity
But he's a meat and no veg fella so his is not the standard low carb diet.@NoCrbs4Me would disagree, and I'm sure he will be along to comment on this statement.
Basically not all wrong with that dessert though...I've a friend who eats rice cakes like they're going out of fashion, and has meringue, and fruit and cream every day for dessert.
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