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<blockquote data-quote="Scardoc" data-source="post: 471006" data-attributes="member: 44692"><p>Personal Responsibility.</p><p>Two words that few people in this country seem to like being spoken at the same time but why do we keep forgetting about it?</p><p> </p><p>There is no one size fits all solution and that is why personal responsibility is so important. If people go into these courses so ignorant, not even knowing what a carb is, and come out knowing that little bit more, then fair enough. If they lower their HbA1c’s from double figures to singles figures, then fair enough. However, whose responsibility is it to know what a healthy balanced meal is? It is the individuals. There’s no excuse for an adult in this country not to know what constitutes a healthy diet. Whether an apple or a mars bar is better for them. Whether they should eat vegetables or not. There’s simply no excuse. The guy who brought two jam doughnuts should **** well know better than that when he’s diabetic!! If I was the nurse or dietician I would probably just think to myself “what effin chance have we got”.</p><p> </p><p>I have been in a carb counting course and heard a man telling the nurse he’s “down to two bottles of lemonade a night” and is trying to cut it out. I’ve been around enough to know he was telling her what she wanted to hear. We have to face it, some people don’t want to change their habits. The DAFNE course may not be 100% wonderful but at the end of the day, especially in this day and age, there’s nothing in it you can’t look up and research on your own. It’s a starting point. I did the course five years ago and it gave me a starting point to count carbs. Since then I have put the work in to educate myself about my body and my reactions to different food. I have never counted the carbs in proteins or vegetables. I won’t take any insulin for snacks under 10gms. My diet consists of more than 50% carbs on the majority of days. Their advice is not ridiculous.</p><p> </p><p>The way I see it, the advice you get from the Government is tailored for the majority of the population and rightly so, T1’s make up just 0.6% of the UK. You can’t just look at the food breakdown either, you need to factor in exercise, alcohol, smoking etc etc. Whatever you think of the DAFNE course it’s trying and if everyone who went on the course was trying too then wouldn’t it be a happy clappy World to live in.</p><p> </p><p>Smidge, you are not relying on the course and for that I salute you! I would, however, question why your BG were “constantly in double figures”? Due to the course?</p><p> </p><p>NO ONE should rely on it but they should take from it and use it to help themselves. They should also be helping themselves long before they go on it. The stats for T1’s are appalling and I’ve argued for many years now that it is largely down to a lack of personal responsibility. Not many people will accept that or like it being said but it’s rife across our society.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scardoc, post: 471006, member: 44692"] Personal Responsibility. Two words that few people in this country seem to like being spoken at the same time but why do we keep forgetting about it? There is no one size fits all solution and that is why personal responsibility is so important. If people go into these courses so ignorant, not even knowing what a carb is, and come out knowing that little bit more, then fair enough. If they lower their HbA1c’s from double figures to singles figures, then fair enough. However, whose responsibility is it to know what a healthy balanced meal is? It is the individuals. There’s no excuse for an adult in this country not to know what constitutes a healthy diet. Whether an apple or a mars bar is better for them. Whether they should eat vegetables or not. There’s simply no excuse. The guy who brought two jam doughnuts should **** well know better than that when he’s diabetic!! If I was the nurse or dietician I would probably just think to myself “what effin chance have we got”. I have been in a carb counting course and heard a man telling the nurse he’s “down to two bottles of lemonade a night” and is trying to cut it out. I’ve been around enough to know he was telling her what she wanted to hear. We have to face it, some people don’t want to change their habits. The DAFNE course may not be 100% wonderful but at the end of the day, especially in this day and age, there’s nothing in it you can’t look up and research on your own. It’s a starting point. I did the course five years ago and it gave me a starting point to count carbs. Since then I have put the work in to educate myself about my body and my reactions to different food. I have never counted the carbs in proteins or vegetables. I won’t take any insulin for snacks under 10gms. My diet consists of more than 50% carbs on the majority of days. Their advice is not ridiculous. The way I see it, the advice you get from the Government is tailored for the majority of the population and rightly so, T1’s make up just 0.6% of the UK. You can’t just look at the food breakdown either, you need to factor in exercise, alcohol, smoking etc etc. Whatever you think of the DAFNE course it’s trying and if everyone who went on the course was trying too then wouldn’t it be a happy clappy World to live in. Smidge, you are not relying on the course and for that I salute you! I would, however, question why your BG were “constantly in double figures”? Due to the course? NO ONE should rely on it but they should take from it and use it to help themselves. They should also be helping themselves long before they go on it. The stats for T1’s are appalling and I’ve argued for many years now that it is largely down to a lack of personal responsibility. Not many people will accept that or like it being said but it’s rife across our society. [/QUOTE]
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