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<blockquote data-quote="TeddyTottie" data-source="post: 2340427" data-attributes="member: 519030"><p>You are worried about your cholesterol too, I see, and all this talk of increased fats will be making your head spin.</p><p></p><p>I will repeat, because it is very hard to accept when you come into this new and many of us have found it takes time to adjust, but many of the things that we have been told for decades about what constitutes a good diet, the perils of fat and salt vs. increased cholesterol and heart disease, are just wrong in the light of current thinking. Indeed the indictment of cholesterol as a cause of heart disease is also widely accepted as incorrect - it is a symptom of damage caused by other means, mostly sugar.</p><p></p><p>Yep, I am aware that this sounds cranky but all I can say is please keep an open mind, do some reading around - Jason Fung is excellent, maybe watch some videos by Dr David Unwin. There are hundreds of people on here who have returned there BG to normal levels by eating low carb, higher fat (LCHF) with no adverse effects to blood pressure or cholesterol levels. Quite the reverse, in fact.</p><p></p><p>You also sound like someone who has faith that the NHS will ‘sort you out’.... as you can see from the varied responses here, some people are lucky to have good, informed, up-to-date support from their local GP practice and others get the barest minimum. I have never seen a doctor after diagnosis for instance, only the practice diabetes nurse, that’s how my practice does it. If you are classically T2 and your BG behaves as expected, you won’t see a hospital. You will be referred to some sort of dietary advice thingy eventually, but many of these still tell you to base your diet on carbs and won’t be of any help.</p><p></p><p>I don’t say this to belittle your expectations because it’s perfectly normal way to think and I hope you can find the assistance you are seeking, but the NHS is still largely stuck in the past because the NICE guidelines haven’t changed much. I would very strongly encourage you to take action on your own behalf, starting now. By the time you talk to the nurse, you can already be on the path to normalising your BG.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeddyTottie, post: 2340427, member: 519030"] You are worried about your cholesterol too, I see, and all this talk of increased fats will be making your head spin. I will repeat, because it is very hard to accept when you come into this new and many of us have found it takes time to adjust, but many of the things that we have been told for decades about what constitutes a good diet, the perils of fat and salt vs. increased cholesterol and heart disease, are just wrong in the light of current thinking. Indeed the indictment of cholesterol as a cause of heart disease is also widely accepted as incorrect - it is a symptom of damage caused by other means, mostly sugar. Yep, I am aware that this sounds cranky but all I can say is please keep an open mind, do some reading around - Jason Fung is excellent, maybe watch some videos by Dr David Unwin. There are hundreds of people on here who have returned there BG to normal levels by eating low carb, higher fat (LCHF) with no adverse effects to blood pressure or cholesterol levels. Quite the reverse, in fact. You also sound like someone who has faith that the NHS will ‘sort you out’.... as you can see from the varied responses here, some people are lucky to have good, informed, up-to-date support from their local GP practice and others get the barest minimum. I have never seen a doctor after diagnosis for instance, only the practice diabetes nurse, that’s how my practice does it. If you are classically T2 and your BG behaves as expected, you won’t see a hospital. You will be referred to some sort of dietary advice thingy eventually, but many of these still tell you to base your diet on carbs and won’t be of any help. I don’t say this to belittle your expectations because it’s perfectly normal way to think and I hope you can find the assistance you are seeking, but the NHS is still largely stuck in the past because the NICE guidelines haven’t changed much. I would very strongly encourage you to take action on your own behalf, starting now. By the time you talk to the nurse, you can already be on the path to normalising your BG. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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