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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ElyDave" data-source="post: 470870" data-attributes="member: 74042">Mo got in ahead of me, we attended the same course.I share a lot of your frustrations of the whole DAFNE aproach, which basically comes down to their definition of normal eating, which appears to be pretty much eat as much **** as you like as long as you take a big enough dose of insulin to cover it. The whole understanding of high/low GI, complex carbs, beans, pulses, lentils was appalling as was the discussion on fats.  No concept of good/bad fats.  I ended up with one of the highest cholesterol readings in the group, but the consultant said my numbers were perfect based on the ratio of good:bad and the level of bad.  I eat a fairly low carb diet with moderate fat and protein.I think the thing that really annoyed me most was the refusal to accept, or even discuss any alternative approaches and to consider that they might be equally effective or better. As MO said, best part was talking to other T1s, and with the follow up earlier this month it was god to see that one of the attendees has got better control of his sugars - still not good by my standards but better. For me overall this is simply a tick in the box for my discussion on a pump with a consultant this afternoon where I'll be showing him all of my exercise induced hypos and near hypos, and the excess carbs needed to be ingested as a result.</blockquote>

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