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Diagnosed today

I remember when that red meat/processed meat/cancer scare hit the headlines. Much debated on here it was!

Turned out that the journalists and quite a few medical professionals were muddling processed meats (any colour) and processed fats (eurghh!) with red meat and unprocessed fats. The reality, of course, is very different, as shown by the original research.

What a pity that this confusion is now being embedded at HCP level. :(
 
Catlady19 said:
It's all very depressing and a shock isn't it? Don't worry about what other people say as everyone is different! I drink a reasonable amount of diet coke and I am fine with it, same with bacon. But the only way you will know is to test yourself before and then 2 hours after (personally I think 1 hour is a bit obsessive but that's just my point of view).

I also find it hard to think High Fat. I have recently started Slimming World (did Rosemary Conley for years) and have started to finally lose weight! You don't have to do LCHF - I'm doing low carb, low fat and it is working for me at the moment!

It all feels like a huge mountain for a while but it does get easier as you learn what you can and can't eat. Well done on your 8.3, not bad for such early days!;)
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Yes a lot of diabetics seem to do Slimming World and do well
 
neety41 said:
I can eat seeded bread and my sugars are ok, also nibbled on strawberries, bananas and raspberries today, all good
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Hi netty41, I can eat raspberries / strawberries / melon / pears / dates / all in moderation throughout the week , some can not just keep testing you will be fine. :)
 
neety41 said:
Just discussed this with one of the GPs and it's difficult to lower sugars but also not too much red meat and so on-basically a little of everything is better! But the increase of fats such as butter and cream he wasn't to keen on from a cholesterol point of view! All a catch 22 in my opinion
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In my experience completely disagree, I adopted LCHF in January - only eat butter (no margarine rubbish), love cheese - my cholestorol fell through the floor in 3 months - back to a safe level, my Doc was very happy
 
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Moving to very low carb and tripleing the amount of cream and butter and animal fat in my diet raised my total cholesterol by 0.1 unit, decreased my triglycerides and improved my HDL. Optimal ratios all round now. I luuuurve butter. :)
 
On low carb I had to increase my fats once I lost all my excess weight to halt the loss. Red meat, loads of butter, cream, ff yogurts etc yet my cholesterol lipids have improved test after test. Trigs are perfect as are all my ratios.
 
You really have to turn a lot but not all of the healthy eating conventional thinking of the last 50 years on its' head.
If you keep to the central premise of avoiding carbs and eating quality foods without over indulging all should be good.
Quality red meat is a valuable source of B vitamins, Iron , Zinc , Phosphorus and other vitamins and minerals, including it in moderation makes getting a balanced diet easier.
 
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