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Are you in West Africa?Our food in my country are majorly carbohydrates
Are you in West Africa?Our food in my country are majorly carbohydrates
Yes! Nigeria.
Maybe this is on your planet but some countries wish their citizens death
Maybe this is on your planet but some countries did not I lose my sister on Friday because of diabetes she died in her bed without any treatment
The reason for her husband's poverty was if she had money to go for treatment in the finest hospitals
Could we have some links to any studies people are referring too? I'd appriciate it. Thanks
If you were buying them in the first place. Underactive thyroid stops some vegtables being useful and eggs gets boring after a while, in poverty. Cheap meats and fish are useful thou but not cheap processed meats.Testing strips are the major cost for those of us self funding.
I haven't noticed any increase in our food bills. Eggs are cheap, vegetables are cheap, there are cheap cuts of meat available everywhere, you don't have to buy fillet steak.
You save by not buying cakes, biscuits, chocolate, sweets, fizzy drinks, crisps, pies and take aways.
That's why I praise the NHS, without it I'd be in hell.It is not comparable, though. Being poor in Europe and being poor in Africa are two different animals.
I am poor in terms of European standards but by Developing Nations standards, what with access to health care, food, education etc I would be considered well off.
Every silver lining.....You save by getting a prescription charge exemption card for all meds if you’re on Diabetes meds in England! Every cloud!
I spend a lot on decent cuts of meat and never eat the other rubbish apart from the very occasional cake; so I think costs have increased. Although, I don't buy cereals now.Testing strips are the major cost for those of us self funding.
I haven't noticed any increase in our food bills. Eggs are cheap, vegetables are cheap, there are cheap cuts of meat available everywhere, you don't have to buy fillet steak.
You save by not buying cakes, biscuits, chocolate, sweets, fizzy drinks, crisps, pies and take aways.
Quite right.Simple carbs are cheap because our taxes subsidies them, Common Agricultual Policy in the EU and same in USA. Wheat production receives state aid, if only they would divert that to brocolli..........................
Yes. I'm on holiday. Food on plane was rubbish. BG all over the place. Quite distressing and spend more of my time hunting around for best (least worst) choices.It’s a pretty unholy combination! I can manage pretty well at home, but when I’m away it can become a real problem finding something to eat.
True poverty is relative but that doesn't necessarily help here.It is not comparable, though. Being poor in Europe and being poor in Africa are two different animals.
I am poor in terms of European standards but by Developing Nations standards, what with access to health care, food, education etc I would be considered well off.
True poverty is relative but that doesn't necessarily help here.
As the OP is in North Africa we must try to imagine what it must be like to have to pay for everything relative to what is earned. In the West we spend far less in terms of the percentages on food than people people in true poverty. If you earn a dollar a day chances are you spend that dollar on food.
Ok here's my two pence worth. In the house I have and have always had a thermometer and a blood presume meter. It's been quite normal What's new is a glucose meter. If it was more common and people were encouraged to measure say once a year or if the were feeling ill or odd it would raise awareness.
I have not owned a thermometer since my youngest was a baby. I have never owned a bp meter. Even with a very high A1c on diagnosis I had none of the classic symptoms of Diabetes. Why on earth should I have spent money on things I would not have used from one year's end to the next? A glucometer and strips are a necessary expense now that I know I have Diabetes but it never would have occurred to me to buy one when I have no history of Diabetes in my family and was suffering no symptoms. And besides, testing at home once per year is a bit hit and miss? An annual A1c would be better but as this test catches the last symptom (higher bg) then it is often too late.
I suppose it is a matter of priorities. Ask most people what they worry about and they will say mortgage/hire purchase on car etc, the poorer one is then the higher priority tends to be food/medicines.