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<blockquote data-quote="Sheila6960" data-source="post: 1614067" data-attributes="member: 445604"><p>Thank you so much to all the posters in this thread. It has been SO helpful to read what you’ve all written! I am completely lost and bewildered by it all!! I am a 63 year old obese lady recently diagnosed a DT2 (three weeks ago) but with a level of 48. I was already completely convinced of the poison of sugar, so I gave it up and have been following advice from a Keto Facebook group where I have learnt SO much. I want to follow a LCHF diet and need to know and understand so much more <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> But - I’ve now attended two diabetes education sessions and they are just unspeakably terrible and disempowering. I tried to say that high fat works, but, like someone else here, I was treated like a naughty child. In week 1 I refused to be weighed. I couldn’t see the point of it. Getting weight triggers me emotionally so not worth the following pain. Whether you’re 17 stone or 19 stone or whatever - why do they need to know?</p><p></p><p>I read somewhere that the brain can function well on fat, but was told today in the diabetes education session that the brain has to have carbs to function - this is just NOT true. I’ve been doing low carb for a couple of weeks, and I feel so much better. My sugar levels are low - I take my own readings - I tend to get my highest levels in the morning (!!) and they’re average 7.5mmol. I don’t know why they’re that high as I don’t eat after 8pm, and generally take my fasting reading about 10.00am next day.</p><p></p><p>So sorry this post is so disjointed but I am feeling so upset that I’ve been treated like an idiot at the Education session. Thanks for reading this, any advice greatly appreciated. Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sheila6960, post: 1614067, member: 445604"] Thank you so much to all the posters in this thread. It has been SO helpful to read what you’ve all written! I am completely lost and bewildered by it all!! I am a 63 year old obese lady recently diagnosed a DT2 (three weeks ago) but with a level of 48. I was already completely convinced of the poison of sugar, so I gave it up and have been following advice from a Keto Facebook group where I have learnt SO much. I want to follow a LCHF diet and need to know and understand so much more :) But - I’ve now attended two diabetes education sessions and they are just unspeakably terrible and disempowering. I tried to say that high fat works, but, like someone else here, I was treated like a naughty child. In week 1 I refused to be weighed. I couldn’t see the point of it. Getting weight triggers me emotionally so not worth the following pain. Whether you’re 17 stone or 19 stone or whatever - why do they need to know? I read somewhere that the brain can function well on fat, but was told today in the diabetes education session that the brain has to have carbs to function - this is just NOT true. I’ve been doing low carb for a couple of weeks, and I feel so much better. My sugar levels are low - I take my own readings - I tend to get my highest levels in the morning (!!) and they’re average 7.5mmol. I don’t know why they’re that high as I don’t eat after 8pm, and generally take my fasting reading about 10.00am next day. So sorry this post is so disjointed but I am feeling so upset that I’ve been treated like an idiot at the Education session. Thanks for reading this, any advice greatly appreciated. Thank you. [/QUOTE]
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