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Dietician

Hi Jayne, you will receive a booklet listing all the foods you can eat (try not to). They will go through your diet and tell you to eat starchy carbs with every meal. They actually don't cover that much really esp. if you know what you should be eating (lower carbs).
Mine has actually got rid of me for not following the party line. She actually said I could die if I didn't eat carbs. Hmph.
Good lucklet us know how you get on.
 
Doris06 said:
Hi, I am going to see a dietician in a couple of weeks, anyone know hear I can expect?
Thanks jayne
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Hi Doris,

Go with an open mind, not all on the forum have had bad experiences with dietitians.
Make some notes before you go of what you need to ask and also make some notes of what he/she tells you whilst you are there.. If there is anything that is said that you do not understand, then tell him/her.
 
lol Edited now for Boro's sake, actually strange thing, can't type properly since I got diabetes - have I discovered a new disease.
Now back on track.
 
I was sent to see a dietitian about 18 months ago. She gently pushed the party line and then made up an action plan with three things on it. There was the fruit and veg thing as I remember and the one about eating carbohydrates with every meal. I showed that to my diabetes nurse whose jaw dropped open.

The conversation started to flag with the dietitian and so I remember that I asked a fairly basic question and her answer used an analogy of "doggies" and "bunnies" racing round a track. I think that was where I lost a bit of interest.

She asked me if I wanted to make another appointment and I said no.
 
dawnmc said:
lol Edited now for Boro's sake, actually strange thing, can't type properly since I got diabetes - have I discovered a new disease.
Now back on track.
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Not on my account! I was " :shock: ed" by the fact that she said you could die if you didn't eat carbs, rather than at your typing :!:
 
I had a very positive couple of appointments with a dietician, she was very knowledgeable and helpful and I actually learned a lot about food groups and nutrition.

She was absolutely fine with my then 60g a day low carb diet, I eat more now, and the only thing she commented on negatively was she said I should eat more oily fish, which didnt happen as I dont happen to like oily fish. Her final words to me were "low carb is the way forward".

If you go in saying I think this and I think that you will probably have a negative experience. :thumbdown:

Go with an open mind and answer all questions honestly and politely and you should have a positive experience. :thumbup:

And as someone else has already mentioned go armed with any questions you have written down as its very easy to come away from these meetings having forgotten to ask a particular question :D
 
dawnmc said:
I went in with an open mind too. She said I could eat scones with dried fruit etc - no idea why.
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I suspect it is because she likes scones with dried fruit and so she assumes that everyone else must like them too.

Scones would not go down well with me since they have flour in.
 
Squire Fulwood said:
Didn't I read somewhere that dried fruit is a big problem too since it has less water in it but still has its sugar?
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On a pound for pound basis, it is more calorfic and contains more carbs, because you are basically removing calorie and carb free water. A handful of raisins can have as many carbs and calories as a bunch of grapes.
 
Squire Fulwood said:
Didn't I read somewhere that dried fruit is a big problem too since it has less water in it but still has its sugar?
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Well that's where having a good dietitian helps.
On one course, we did a warm up exercise putting packets of dried fruits in order of carbs/GI. Interesting as you would think they would all be similar but they're very different.

prunes have a fairly low GI (around 29)
Then apricots around 30-32 (they're also the lowest in carbohydrate )
then dates(35- 49, depends on variety)
then raisins/sultanas (50-60)
then figs highest .( that's why fig rolls are a favourite with cyclists and I know one man who uses figs for hypos!)
 
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