Chronicle_Cat
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My friend of mine called to tell me about a free diabetes awareness/prevention program she recently attended at a local public library, hosted by a public health nurse from our city's (Toronto,Canada) public health department.
It was presented this way:
"Preventing Diabetes Together
6 week education program for people 25+ who do not currently have diabetes"
This friend has been asking me many questions about my low carb eating and diabetes and I've been updating her about my progress. (She isn't diabetic -yet- but suspects she has reactive hypoglycemia.) A number of years ago, she worked for the Canadian Diabetes Society herself and had never heard about how low carb eating was helpful and did not even know that carbs were broken down into the body as glucose.
She called me up to tell me that this presentation essentially confirmed what I've been telling her. ie. Inability to handle carbs was the single biggest contributor to Type 2 diabetes, that Type 2s need to reduce their carbohydrates (the nurse did mention other things like exercise being helpful but stressed low carb eating as the primary intervention ) and that excessive carb consumption had led to rising rates of Type 2 diabetes and obesity. She also talked about how some Type 2s have "reversed" their diabetes eating low carb and some were now off medication with normal glucose levels. (I've told my friend this, many here on this site but I think she was skeptical that I was exaggerating.). The nurse also recommended that people with prediabetes, family history and even people with normal levels reduce their consumption of carbs and typical carb consumption was excessive for everyone.
It was a really pleasant surprise to see current information being given out into the community.
It was presented this way:
"Preventing Diabetes Together
6 week education program for people 25+ who do not currently have diabetes"
This friend has been asking me many questions about my low carb eating and diabetes and I've been updating her about my progress. (She isn't diabetic -yet- but suspects she has reactive hypoglycemia.) A number of years ago, she worked for the Canadian Diabetes Society herself and had never heard about how low carb eating was helpful and did not even know that carbs were broken down into the body as glucose.
She called me up to tell me that this presentation essentially confirmed what I've been telling her. ie. Inability to handle carbs was the single biggest contributor to Type 2 diabetes, that Type 2s need to reduce their carbohydrates (the nurse did mention other things like exercise being helpful but stressed low carb eating as the primary intervention ) and that excessive carb consumption had led to rising rates of Type 2 diabetes and obesity. She also talked about how some Type 2s have "reversed" their diabetes eating low carb and some were now off medication with normal glucose levels. (I've told my friend this, many here on this site but I think she was skeptical that I was exaggerating.). The nurse also recommended that people with prediabetes, family history and even people with normal levels reduce their consumption of carbs and typical carb consumption was excessive for everyone.
It was a really pleasant surprise to see current information being given out into the community.
