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<blockquote data-quote="Md2t" data-source="post: 1930839" data-attributes="member: 393465"><p>No!</p><p></p><p>The 'eat less / move more' advice helped me LOSE weight quickly but I found the calorie restriction to be unstainable beyond a few months, so my weight yo-yo'd for 25 years between 22st and 15st, so the NHS did not help me to MANAGE my weight.</p><p></p><p>Funnily, at first diagnosis in 1989 I followed the little advice available then (not then having Google) and lost 14 pounds in the month I waited to see a dietitian. She looked at my food logs and said that I had chosen a really healthy diet but that I should eat more fat. There was no follow up for years, during which time the low fat advice took hold, and when my GP started annual reviews his nurse told me to eat more carbohydrate.</p><p></p><p>When I switched to LCHF five years ago I was at about 16 stone in my weight loss/regain cycle and my doctors told me I did not need to lose weight. I think they had become so used to seeing patients become heavier over the years that they classed anything short of obesity as 'normal' . I ignored their advice, reversed my diabetes and lost 5st in weight making me feel ten years younger.</p><p></p><p>Now I go along to LCHF education sessions, run by courageous GPS in defiance of our local Clinical Commissioners, to be used as an example of how sustainable, safe and effective LCHF is.</p><p></p><p>So my original response must be modified to add ... but some NHS doctors and nurses ARE helping patients manage weight and the likes of Dr David Unwin are inspiring more to follow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Md2t, post: 1930839, member: 393465"] No! The 'eat less / move more' advice helped me LOSE weight quickly but I found the calorie restriction to be unstainable beyond a few months, so my weight yo-yo'd for 25 years between 22st and 15st, so the NHS did not help me to MANAGE my weight. Funnily, at first diagnosis in 1989 I followed the little advice available then (not then having Google) and lost 14 pounds in the month I waited to see a dietitian. She looked at my food logs and said that I had chosen a really healthy diet but that I should eat more fat. There was no follow up for years, during which time the low fat advice took hold, and when my GP started annual reviews his nurse told me to eat more carbohydrate. When I switched to LCHF five years ago I was at about 16 stone in my weight loss/regain cycle and my doctors told me I did not need to lose weight. I think they had become so used to seeing patients become heavier over the years that they classed anything short of obesity as 'normal' . I ignored their advice, reversed my diabetes and lost 5st in weight making me feel ten years younger. Now I go along to LCHF education sessions, run by courageous GPS in defiance of our local Clinical Commissioners, to be used as an example of how sustainable, safe and effective LCHF is. So my original response must be modified to add ... but some NHS doctors and nurses ARE helping patients manage weight and the likes of Dr David Unwin are inspiring more to follow. [/QUOTE]
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