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ROSIE1988

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
UPDATE

Me an Hubby doing great.
we have literally been right round the houses
both of us have lost a lot of weight

we don't do keto - that was hideous
we do my lower carb/some carb thing - and don't get hung up on any of it!

I have been having my mints - which I cant live without - mint imperials - but only a few a day
I chew gum
I have still stopped eating all veg now and salad?

Since I started the low carb thing - it has literally just switched off my palette as regards all veg and salad - which I am gutted as I loved them above all else and I have a B12 problem....

in the morning I have fizzy water, tea and a KitKat
then nothing till 'dinner'
which is hopefully nothing veg or salad -
tonight I cooked roast beef and homemade yorkies and that I ate...without the veg which I also loved?
I also eat kebabs when I can....they are tasty
eggs on toast and that is it...

I am not diabetic myself but not far off I suspect and I am married to a type 2 etc but he is fighting fit on what we are doing..

we are still not going to the doc as they are liars and frauds and money makers....

why medicate yourself in case you get ill later?


did not our grannies just get on with it and cope

we have chosen to do the same......take our chances and not put poisons from pharma in our veins because we are told scientists and experts tell us to

who are these scientists and experts.

WHEN MY HUBBYS DOCTOR TOLD HIM - IF YOU DONT HAVE THESE TABLETS - YOU WILL HAVE A HEART ATTACK - I SAID WHAT????

I WROTE DIRECTLY TO HIM IMMEDIATELY AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE MEANT AND ASKED HIM TO EXACTLY EXPLAIN HIS RESASONING....

HE WROTE BACK TO ME DIRECTLY TO MY EMAIL WITHIN 8 HOURS DENYING EVERYTHING!!

'HE DID NOT SAY MY HUBBY WOULD HAVE A HEART ATTACK …..'

YES HE DID

I am not going to allow my beautiful husband to be poisoned with any of the **** they come up with like statins - next joke!!??

my fantastic fella is still doing all that landscaping and is doing well, he just feels like me - A 50 year odd person whos a bit tired of an evening.... comes home - we have a nice meal, cuddle up and sleep

I have just got into the menopause - which to me is something I might not even look at.. I have enough going on xxxxx.
 
Hi @ROSIE1988,
I wonder if you might miss out some vitamins and minerals by skipping veg etc.
The NHS endorses the low carb diets so maybe the advice of a dietitian might help.
I did not think that Kit-Kats were on a low carb diet or a dentist's favourite list.
Unless the dentist likes doing fillings !!
 
Can I ask the reaasoning why you have stop salads and veg?? I can't for the life of me get why the Kit-Kat comes into play with a low carb diet either!?
 
I must admit when I first read this I thought it was one of those posts designed specifically to get people going. However, I note the poster is a recognised member. I wonder what makes them think kitkats, toast and yorkshire puddings are fine but salad and veg aren't? Maybe it's part and parcel of the total confusion many people have over what is ok to eat and what isn't? Still, if it works it works, I think also that when people have been used to eating those carbs that are heavily calorific and empty (crisps, sweets, pies, cakes etc) and then stop, maybe they can then get on ok with bread/yorkshire puddings relatively speaking. The proof is in the pudding I guess.
 
It is a bit worrying - I am 67 years old and now that I an eating low carb I am going out in an evening a couple of times a week, taking on all sorts of work during the day, remodeling the kitchen and clearing up the garden. This weekend is the trip to Birmingham, Monday is band practice, Thursday dance practice, next weekend is the Swanage folk festival, the weekend after is the folk club starting up again and that is just the leisure activities.
 
How are your HbA1c's looking? Do you test your blood glucose after eating such as Kit Kat's and Yorkshire puddings? If not, how do you know that you are 'doing OK'?
 
Guzzler said:
How are your HbA1c's looking? Do you test your blood glucose after eating such as Kit Kat's and Yorkshire puddings? If not, how do you know that you are 'doing OK'?
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The poster does not have diabetes - his/her husband does.

I'd be eating kit kats too if I didn't have diabetes. Gee I miss kit kats.
 
AloeSvea said:
The poster does not have diabetes - his/her husband does.

I'd be eating kit kats too if I didn't have diabetes. Gee I miss kit kats.
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Then that should be reflected in the info under avater which at the time of writing this states the OP has T2.

No, I do not miss Kit Kats.
 
Yeah I know what you mean @Guzzler. I have quite strong views, actually, about folks without diabetes being in a diabetes forum at all! But I am old-school perhaps.

Lucky you not to miss the Kits Kats. . I also miss licorice allsorts. Them most of all actually. But I do see them as poison for me, so am very able to walk past them at the supermarket counter. As soon as I was diagnosed. (I don't want to end up with failing kidneys!)
 

I had to give up chocolate 15 years ago due to another condition I have. Until then I used to describe myself as 'a tart where choc is concerned'. In a way I suppose I'm lucky because having given it up so long ago I am genuinely not bothered about it any more. N.B the first ten years are the hardest
 
AloeSvea said:
I also miss licorice allsorts.
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I like all sorts of lickerish, there is a shop near us that sells it by the metre. I always look wistfully at it when I pick up some "rocky road" for a friend that lives out of town.
 
Apologies for my generalisation. I guess old teachings die hard and there is a difference between what is espoused by the NHS, or any health service for that matter, and what the actual policy used by staff is !!
 
kitedoc said:
Apologies for my generalisation. I guess old teachings die hard and there is a difference between what is espoused by the NHS, or any health service for that matter, and what the actual policy used by staff is !!
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oops, I was a little too exuberant there, sorry about that, clearly many people encounter more enlightened medical personnel than has been my lot so far in the diabetes milieu ... again, no offence intended, thanks for being a sport
 
T2#Me said:
oops, I was a little too exuberant there, sorry about that, clearly many people encounter more enlightened medical personnel than has been my lot so far in the diabetes milieu ... again, no offence intended, thanks for being a sport
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Not at all @T2#Me. There are likely to good and bad eggs in any collection of staff. I think luck and the quality of staff leadership has a lot to do with it which sort of egg one is subject to!!!!!
 
T2#Me said:
oops, I was a little too exuberant there, sorry about that, clearly many people encounter more enlightened medical personnel than has been my lot so far in the diabetes milieu ... again, no offence intended, thanks for being a sport
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T2#Me - There is a very recent new CPD Module for GPs, on the RCGP's e-learning portal, for low GI diet. It was authored by Dr David Unwin - a great friend of this site. It is a 30 minute module, so hardly a massive nvestment in time, and as I alluded CPD is awarded.

There is also a Health Care Professional's version of this site's Low Carb Programme, in order to educate, support and develop HCPs.



DCUK's Low Carb Program (LCP) has won a plethora of awards, and has recently been award approval to be prescribed from general practise. The LCP is a 10 week supported journey to lower carb eating, with a recently added 11th week introducing fasting, for those interested. The results for the majority of those following it have been quite staggering.

The LCP can be found here: https://www.lowcarbprogram.com/

For those, whose medical team can't or won't prescribe the program, it can be accessed by a single, lifetime subscription fee.
 
I thank you
 
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