Bertyboy
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
Amen.Humans evolved as omnivores i.e with the biological ability to eat and gain adequate nutrition from a whole range of food sources / types depending on what was available, although I wouldnt personally include genetically / chemically adulterated or modified foods in that analysis.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnivore
I find all dietery approaches that say “ just eat x in order to be healthy“ and which thereby exclude whole food groups to be equally mad - whether x be meat, grapefruits, vegetables, bananas or chemical sludge. Restricting food groups for ethical reasons is different and usually comes with some health challenges that require more planning to ensure sound overall nutrition. Similarly the range of foods eaten within a particular category may be constrained by health conditions ( as with higher carb fruits and vegetables for diabetics) but that doesnt mean excluding an entire food group
Look, I love food. All food. There is not a food I don't like. I get that I am diabetic and have to readjust my balance of foods, but there's not a chance in hell that I'm going to cut out something I enjoy completely for some notional belief that I won't drop dead tomorrow because of it.
I eat all food groups, including more complex carbohydrates (much reduced sugars admittedly) and avoid supplements like the plague. With this small adjustment, I have gone from an HbA1C of 152 to 40 in the space of 3 months. Admittedly, this is with the help of insulin during what may be a T1 honeymoon, but my FBG levels have never gone above 9, are generally 5.x and have only once mildly dipped under 4. I don't find the need to religiously avoid carbs. To be honest, if a parsnip or carrot did want to kill me, then I'd rather it did and I enjoyed the taste of it doing so.
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