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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 471316" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>That's the point Hale - you eat much less than the RDA carb intake - most of the people on the course last week did not. Their 'normal' was streets away from that. The trainers were delivering from a script and simply didn't have the knowledge/authority/gumption (not sure which) to challenge that at all. In fact they compounded it by bringing in biscuits and sweets for us and saying things like 'no-one should tell you any food is not allowed'. It was completely out of control. One guy with extremely serious diabetic complications drank a can of full sugar Coke with his McDonald's meal one evening because he thought he could jab for it. If I hadn't decided to explain to him that it would be almost impossible to jab for that type of carb, the trainers would have said nothing. They only joined in because I challenged it. I seriously believe that was his 'normal' diet and DAFNE simply reinforced that. The same guy had 3 sugars in his tea - I asked the dietician to talk to him about that. Had the course contained phrases such as 'as an occasional treat' when discussing things like snacking on victoria sponge cake I wouldn't be so concerned about it, but it gave the impression that anything was on the menu at any time and just jab accordingly - and it was a very willing audience. As I said, maybe it was a one-off, but I was shocked by it.</p><p> </p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 471316, member: 29301"] That's the point Hale - you eat much less than the RDA carb intake - most of the people on the course last week did not. Their 'normal' was streets away from that. The trainers were delivering from a script and simply didn't have the knowledge/authority/gumption (not sure which) to challenge that at all. In fact they compounded it by bringing in biscuits and sweets for us and saying things like 'no-one should tell you any food is not allowed'. It was completely out of control. One guy with extremely serious diabetic complications drank a can of full sugar Coke with his McDonald's meal one evening because he thought he could jab for it. If I hadn't decided to explain to him that it would be almost impossible to jab for that type of carb, the trainers would have said nothing. They only joined in because I challenged it. I seriously believe that was his 'normal' diet and DAFNE simply reinforced that. The same guy had 3 sugars in his tea - I asked the dietician to talk to him about that. Had the course contained phrases such as 'as an occasional treat' when discussing things like snacking on victoria sponge cake I wouldn't be so concerned about it, but it gave the impression that anything was on the menu at any time and just jab accordingly - and it was a very willing audience. As I said, maybe it was a one-off, but I was shocked by it. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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