Thank you - I would have missed this if you had not drawn attention to it. This site and its contributors are ahead of the game in so many ways!Thought this would be worth sharing. From todays Guardian - written from an American perspective. I had assumed (wrongly) that America was more advanced in using low-carb as a treatment for T2D, but not if this article is to be believed: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/04/diabetes-diet-solution
That certainly is likely in some countries. I’m not sure that nhs drs have that motivation (unless they are a partner in the practice maybe??).The Doctor in the article was probably financially motivated to prescribe drugs rather than diet changes. Big Pharma and Big Food have no interest (aka profit) from having a healthy population who buy and cook Real Food.
The article was about diabetes treatment in the USA, and that's what I was responding to.That certainly is likely in some countries. I’m not sure that nhs drs have that motivation (unless they are a partner in the practice maybe??).
More likely they simply have never been educated on suitable diets as the nhs official advice, and thus drs training, is very much drug oriented still. In some areas the low carb program and the spin off from the Newcastle diet is being prescribed as an alternative. There are more drs that support low carb now than when I first came to this forum in 2018. Its changing…..slowly
No we aren't, Low Carb community is strong in the USA, but some of them are crazy, taking exogenous ketones and medium chain fatty acids etc. instead of eating real food for example!The article was about diabetes treatment in the USA, and that's what I was responding to.
I think, proportionally we are probably more advanced along the low carb route here
As someone who has seen good progress with a diet and lifestyle only approach i have had this discussion with Mrs J_P many times - along the lines of why arent Drs pushing this.More likely they simply have never been educated on suitable diets as the nhs official advice, and thus drs training, is very much drug oriented still. In some areas the low carb program and the spin off from the Newcastle diet is being prescribed as an alternative. There are more drs that support low carb now than when I first came to this forum in 2018. Its changing…..slowly
All true, except the drugs addressing symptoms still lead to diabetes being a progressive disease whereas the diet option dealing with the causes seems to have better long term results.As someone who has seen good progress with a diet and lifestyle only approach i have had this discussion with Mrs J_P many times - along the lines of why arent Drs pushing this.
Her well reasoned reply is that making diet and lifestyle changes and sticking to them is hard and most patients wont follow through to make a difference. If you prescribe medication its simple and takes no effort and can easily show a quantifiable change - taking Metformin and other drugs works initially...........
So if you are a Dr and need to show improvement what do you push - self motivated hard changes (which are also costly as good food - especially not cheap 'fill up' carbs is expensive) or simple tablets which generally require less effort from the patient.............
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