Pinkorchid
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
No I don't not take it anymore nurse took me off it. I only took one SR metformin a day any more and it completely took my appetite away
No I don't not take it anymore nurse took me off it. I only took one SR metformin a day any more and it completely took my appetite away
Thank you too @lucylocket61 you're kind and I like reading your thoughtsI found your posts informative, thanks.
What do you propose feeding the population of China or India on, if not carbohydrates??
It is a choice available to everyone... the problem is the lack of knowledge of that choice which is why some of us try to educate others..
I don't need to propose anything you were making claims about "choice"although I would hazard a guess at green leafy veg and meat of course.. once the growing of stodge is out of the fields we can get some true regenerative farming going on.. and what a great place the world would be..we could also of course exercise restraint in the human population breeding too... another "choice" ...What do you propose feeding the population of China or India on, if not carbohydrates?
if the choice is malnutrition or starvation or eat the limited foods on offer, then no, its not a choice. 12% (at least) of the worlds population are either staving or malnourished. And thats only the recorded ones, on the edge. If we remove carbs as the main foods, that number will leap.
on top of that, one million children died under the age of 5 from malnourished. That is not including those who die from disease and lack of clean water.
In the UK, if the choice is hunger or eat the food from the food bank (often high carb foods) for weeks on end, then no, it not real choice.
Poverty in the UK is high. At least 7% of the people in the UK are in poverty, which affects their food choice. They rely on school meals, which affects their childrens health, but they have no choice financially.
Real facts, real truths.
Sorry but thats too simple - what about the various eastern / asian religions / cultures that prohibit the eating of some / all meats?I don't need to propose anything you were making claims about "choice"although I would hazard a guess at green leafy veg and meat of course.. once the growing of stodge is out of the fields we can get some true regenerative farming going on.. and what a great place the world would be..we could also of course exercise restraint in the human population breeding too... another "choice" ...
Sorry but thats too simple - what about the various eastern / asian religions / cultures that prohibit the eating of some / all meats?
Far be it for me to say so, but do you think they should choose to follow a low carb vegan diet?
Its up to them.. hence my point about it's not up to me to propose what they should eat depending on whatever outdated beliefs they may have.. my point was that everyone has "choice" which was @Mr_Pot claimed "they" didn't have... patently incorrectly.
I can't solve the world population and food crisis and anyway aren't we derailing rather..?
Are you claiming that they don't?You proposed that people always have free choice
The choice to ignore religious and cultural imperatives, particularly in the context of an often absolute lack of the financial resources to spend on less available / more expensive dietary options is certainly not what I would call a free choice.Are you claiming that they don't?
We all have a choice to be insulted or not.. it is entirely of our own construct.“outdated beliefs” deeply insulting
That's sort of the reason I don't eat everything on offer. To be able to bolus for it just seems unnecessary when I can exercise some controlNon-insulin dependent type 2 diabetics who can’t eat everything on offer and counter it with an injection?
Is that relevant to @Pinkorchid first question?What do you propose feeding the population of China or India on, if not carbohydrates?
No but it is completely relevant to the previous post within the thread, which it was answeringIs that relevant to @Pinkorchid first question?
No, but I don't think you can be expected to ignore statements which you feel are obviously incorrect just because they are not the subject of the thread.Is that relevant to @Pinkorchid first question?
I learned how to cook low carb, I experimented with all the low carb foods and learnt how to cook them properly in the process, made pizza bases from cauliflower, melted dark choclate over lovely coconut balls, I found that the salads I had been eating my whole life wasnt really what salad could be like, I have eaten every possible variation of low carb.We often hear members saying how much they enjoy their low carb diet but does that go for everyone who does low carb higher fat. Am I the only one who has found the low carb diet so boring that is has taken the pleasure out of food for me when once I could eat just what I wanted and enjoy it. I was only an occasional sweet tooth person and not big on starchy carbs never like rice or pasta and not lot of bread but I did love jacket potatoes and would have one for lunch at least four or five times a week even when I was out to lunch also I loved mash and roasties and I had all kinds of fruit
I know many here love their meat and make a lot of casseroles and stews and just eat mostly leafy greens and are enjoying that but I am not a big meat eater I do not like red meat so eat mostly chicken and Quorn. Is it just me who finds it so hard going without the things I loved to eat
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