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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 2445887" data-attributes="member: 355878">For many years before diagnosis I was pushed to eat a 'healthy' diet, full of carbohydrates. I put on weight - lots of it, and my activity and energy plummeted. In my younger years I had followed a low carb diet whenever I could escape the attentions of my GPs and had always had my protests about the high carb diets derided and ignored.If I had been left to my own devices - well I probably would not still have the 24 inch waist I had when first told to lose weight, back in the 1970s, but I would have avoided a lot of aggravation and general malaise, and have eaten according to the Atkins New Diet Revolution guidelines.I'd say choose to work back towards normal now.This is probably due to the lack of any helpful assistance I have had since diagnosis.The single comment at the education sessions that eating a lunch of baked beans and potato was a good idea for diabetics was a deal breaker for me. I realised that I was on my own when it came to food choices.In the end it is your choice, of course - but I did not delay even one hour after diagnosis before organising a total change in my diet.</blockquote>

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