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<blockquote data-quote="seadragon" data-source="post: 1479125" data-attributes="member: 195124"><p>The daft thing is that we are not given a choice. The NHS could say that there is an option to test and that many people have been successful at lowering their blood sugar/medications/reversing their diabetes through regular testing and cutting out the foods that spike their blood sugar. Then people who feel that is too much trouble or it will make them anxious (though i really can't see why it would) can opt out.</p><p> Trouble is the testing shows up the uselessness of the NHS guidelines and their Eatwell plate and the 'starchy carbs with every meal 'advice they dish out along with the metformin and the statins. So the real reason they don't promote it is because it shows their advice is wrong and has been wrong for decades. If you try testing and it actually does make you feel anxious then that's fine just stop doing it but don't deny the rest of us the chance to improve our own health.</p><p>After a couple of months of regular testing I learnt what caused spikes and so I can cut down on the testing now. And if i do find i have eaten something that spikes it gives me an opportunity to do something about it so then i don't have to worry as through testing i have found that a 20 minute walk invariably brings it down and so i don't have to worry about high blood sugars.</p><p>obviously if someone has a needle phobia they might not want to test but again just because a few people might have that is not a reason to tell everyone that testing makes you anxious. it makes me and i imagine most of us on here feel empowered and in control of our health and our lives.</p><p></p><p>Of course if you are following the NHS food advice then testing may well make you feel anxious as their advice is to eat the starchy carbs and then testing will indeed show you high blood sugars all the time after meals. That would be depressing to anyone. They tell you it's progressive and irreversible - what they don't tell you is that is the case only if you follow their advice. Studies on whether it makes patients anxious were presumably done on people following the NHS guidelines and therefore testing would have just shown them how bad it was for them without them having any information to correct it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seadragon, post: 1479125, member: 195124"] The daft thing is that we are not given a choice. The NHS could say that there is an option to test and that many people have been successful at lowering their blood sugar/medications/reversing their diabetes through regular testing and cutting out the foods that spike their blood sugar. Then people who feel that is too much trouble or it will make them anxious (though i really can't see why it would) can opt out. Trouble is the testing shows up the uselessness of the NHS guidelines and their Eatwell plate and the 'starchy carbs with every meal 'advice they dish out along with the metformin and the statins. So the real reason they don't promote it is because it shows their advice is wrong and has been wrong for decades. If you try testing and it actually does make you feel anxious then that's fine just stop doing it but don't deny the rest of us the chance to improve our own health. After a couple of months of regular testing I learnt what caused spikes and so I can cut down on the testing now. And if i do find i have eaten something that spikes it gives me an opportunity to do something about it so then i don't have to worry as through testing i have found that a 20 minute walk invariably brings it down and so i don't have to worry about high blood sugars. obviously if someone has a needle phobia they might not want to test but again just because a few people might have that is not a reason to tell everyone that testing makes you anxious. it makes me and i imagine most of us on here feel empowered and in control of our health and our lives. Of course if you are following the NHS food advice then testing may well make you feel anxious as their advice is to eat the starchy carbs and then testing will indeed show you high blood sugars all the time after meals. That would be depressing to anyone. They tell you it's progressive and irreversible - what they don't tell you is that is the case only if you follow their advice. Studies on whether it makes patients anxious were presumably done on people following the NHS guidelines and therefore testing would have just shown them how bad it was for them without them having any information to correct it. [/QUOTE]
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