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How did you hear of the Eatwell Plate

I'd never heard of it until diagnosis time, either

I've always preferentially eaten normal/full fat (which is what I was brought up on) and until husband took over the cooking and then the food shopping, moderate carbs. So low carbing was a simple and more than welcome decision. (Atkins was actually suggested by GP for weight loss... :) )

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I had seen the food pyramid - even had a poster of it on the fridge for a year or two, in the 90s.
Even back then I was doing a lower carb version.

Then there were Eatwell posters in the doc surgery waiting room, and the consulting room walls a little after that.

I had also seen pictures of it in the media and on websites, and thought 'gosh, that would make me feel ill'.

I recall I even wrote to a Diabetes charity about it once. Possibly that was the late 90s. Maybe DUK? Saying how bad it was that this outdated advice was STILL being given to type 2s who can't cope with all the carbs. I was working with a mature university student at the time. T2. Overweight. Terrible brain fog affecting his energy levels and studies. He dropped out of college in the end when he got too ill. He had been told by his DN that if he felt 'wobbly' he should eat biscuits. So he did. All the time. Wholewheat digestives, cos they were good for him. To prevent the wobble from appearing. Just like he had been told.

Astonishing to think that 20 years later the plate has now been revamped to include MORE carbs.

But I didn't know it had a name until I arrived on this forum, and followed a link someone posted.
I clicked on it, saw the plate pic and thought 'gosh, is that STILL being suggested for type 2s? That should have been debunked years ago...'
 
Pinkorchid said:
I always wonder how people heard of the Eat Well plate and did they keep to that way of eating before they had diabetes. I had never heard of it until I joined this group and it was never mentioned to me by my doctor or diabetes nurse. My diet was pretty much moderate no rice or pasta didn't like them and not a great deal of bread and potatoes except a jacket potato a couple of times a week for lunch.so really except the potatoes I still eat much the same way except I went off red meat so only eat chicken now
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Firstly on this forum, but have seen it either at surgery, hospital or both.
 
Yes I’d heard of it before diagnosis and use to largely base my diet around it. Always opting for low fat foods, grains and starches. Then I got diabetes and nearly went blind. Now I call it the Die Badly plate.
 
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I was actually given a plate by a dietician at a NHS weight management service. About 10 years ago. It was a hard plastic bright coloured plate with the markings and pictures for food types on it. She also gave me a pedometer at the same time. I had already been following the sort of diet promoted on the plate for a few years, as per advice from GP nurse, with ever increasing blood glucose levels and weight gain. The fact that I was also unable to walk far, and needed to use a wheelchair when given the gifts of plate and pedometer was what made me realise I needed to look elsewhere for advice and info.
 
Rachox said:
I remember the pyramid in Home Economics
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Back in those days we "boys" had to do Metalwork and Woodwork, only "Girls" did Home Economics.

Thankfully times have changed. (unlike the ridiculous Government guidelines on Food)
 
Yes I heard if it a long time ago but it's not cheap the actual plate anyway but I do eat very little carbs and love my meat but try to reduce red meat.
 
My first ever dsns appointment in 2001, the eat well plate poster was on the back of her door, while I had bloods drawn, I asked her about the dietary advice on it!
She stated that it was really good advice, and she had lost weight since going on it.
Again a few years later in 2009, when I was misdiagnosed with T2. This was at a diabetes group session, where everything was explained about how the eat well plate would help with my ever growing weight problems, how you would slow down the predicted problems with diabetes in later life.

So for thirteen years, I followed this healthy diet for diabetics, my health deteriorated, I slowly kept putting weight on despite eating very little.

The numbers that followed this diet that are carb intolerant and have high levels of insulin resistance. It just doesn't make sense!

Thank whoever, for my endocrinologist and this forum!
 
I’v been vaguely aware of the Eatbadly plate for a few years, always following Government guidance as to what to eat.:banghead: After Dx I quickly found this site, thank goodness, soon learning the error of my ways! I firmly believe that the plate was a major contributor to my elevated BGs. All that fruit, lots of carbs, grr. When my doc sent me on some sort of course, I spent a lot of time asking the tutor why there’s so much harmful food on the plate, but got no answer. I did feel that she secretly agreed in part, but couldn’t come out with it.
 
britishpub said:
Back in those days we "boys" had to do Metalwork and Woodwork, only "Girls" did Home Economics.

Thankfully times have changed. (unlike the ridiculous Government guidelines on Food)
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In my school we were allowed to swap for one term. I loved metalwork and woodwork :)
 
Rachox said:
In my school we were allowed to swap for one term. I loved metalwork and woodwork :)
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Woodwork and metalwork now come under "resistive materials" I assume other materials complained about discrimination!
 
My GP at the time told me about the healthy food pyramid according to his two sons.

KFC
Macca;s
Pizza Hut​
 
briped said:
I used to love it, and in the summer everybody in Denmark eats it with added sugar, vanilla and a kind of cookies called kammerjunkere. Kærnemælkskoldskål. (Lots of funny letters there for you. Here's an ø, just in case).
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What is it ?
 
Our HR lady put a copy in our work kitchen. I accidentally dropped it behind the microwave.
 
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