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<blockquote data-quote="zuckerhonig" data-source="post: 2276935" data-attributes="member: 410678"><p>The simple answer is: NO! That is, if you disclude the rather murky world of advertising science. The dietary guidelines that have informed our 'healthy' choices since the 1980s - the demonisation of fat and cholesterol - have been quietly dropped from the most recent update of the guidelines.</p><p></p><p>If you are willing to do a little homework for yourself, you will also discover that many other 'everybody knows that' dietary 'truths' - breakfast is the most important meal of the day; eat something at least every 2 hours; 5 a day, to mention but a few -are also the spawn of the advertising industry.</p><p></p><p>As you will discover, this is the very advice that has got us to where we are,and it would be disastrous to continue accepting and following guidelines that have made us fat and diabetic to begin with.</p><p></p><p>Personally, by ignoring this advice, that is to say, cutting out rice, potatoes, pasta, bread and all the so-called 'healthy grains' (sugar, of course!) and replacing it with green veggies, meat, eggs, dairy and fish, I have put my diabetes into remission without recourse to medication. That happened very quickly - within weeks - and three years on, I am 25 kg lighter, eat like a king. No calorie counting, weighing out portions, or starving myself.</p><p></p><p>I also started on black rice, whole, pinhead oats, lentils and the like - along with the meat, fish, eggs and dairy, but, whilst I still eat the greens, I gradually cut out the 'healthier' carbs too. I found that all that nonsense about sweet potatoes being better for diabetics than normal spuds just didn't pan out for me. In fact, anytime I ate the recommended diabetic alternatives my blood sugar would shoot up to 8 within an hour of eating. By shifting to a more animal based diet, I rarely go above 6 even an hour after eating.</p><p></p><p>The first book I read about coping with diabetes did mention that mileage may vary. I, too, have read about vegans who manage to control blood sugar levels on a plant based diet. However, as a youngster I was a vegetarian for six years, only giving up when I got so skinny, anemic and injury prone - and that was with dairy and eggs! Forgive me if I don't fancy that again, especially as an old timer, where we need more protein than our younger selves.</p><p></p><p>As for the 50 years later...Well, all we can hope to achieve is a perceptible improvement of our current state of health. Regardless of what any organisation or individual tells you, the best advice is to test your blood sugar regularly when you eat foods you are unsure of. And, btw, not just after two hours. By then - unless you've eaten a whole bag of jelly babies and guzzled a couple of litres of Pepsi - it's too late to assess if you are on the right track. Many advise that you test 30, 60, 90 and 120 mins after consuming something novel. That is how I discovered early on that sweet potatoes and pinhead porridge - whilst better that bread or sticky toffee pudding -were less than ideal for me. Of course, there is no need to do this indefinitely. I only test occasionally now. But then, if I eat a big green salad for lunch with tinned salmon and a couple of eggs, followed by some full fat Greek yogurt, I don't have to.</p><p></p><p>If your blood sugar is normally under control - except when you fall off the wagon and hit the carbs - well, you are on the right track. Best of luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zuckerhonig, post: 2276935, member: 410678"] The simple answer is: NO! That is, if you disclude the rather murky world of advertising science. The dietary guidelines that have informed our 'healthy' choices since the 1980s - the demonisation of fat and cholesterol - have been quietly dropped from the most recent update of the guidelines. If you are willing to do a little homework for yourself, you will also discover that many other 'everybody knows that' dietary 'truths' - breakfast is the most important meal of the day; eat something at least every 2 hours; 5 a day, to mention but a few -are also the spawn of the advertising industry. As you will discover, this is the very advice that has got us to where we are,and it would be disastrous to continue accepting and following guidelines that have made us fat and diabetic to begin with. Personally, by ignoring this advice, that is to say, cutting out rice, potatoes, pasta, bread and all the so-called 'healthy grains' (sugar, of course!) and replacing it with green veggies, meat, eggs, dairy and fish, I have put my diabetes into remission without recourse to medication. That happened very quickly - within weeks - and three years on, I am 25 kg lighter, eat like a king. No calorie counting, weighing out portions, or starving myself. I also started on black rice, whole, pinhead oats, lentils and the like - along with the meat, fish, eggs and dairy, but, whilst I still eat the greens, I gradually cut out the 'healthier' carbs too. I found that all that nonsense about sweet potatoes being better for diabetics than normal spuds just didn't pan out for me. In fact, anytime I ate the recommended diabetic alternatives my blood sugar would shoot up to 8 within an hour of eating. By shifting to a more animal based diet, I rarely go above 6 even an hour after eating. The first book I read about coping with diabetes did mention that mileage may vary. I, too, have read about vegans who manage to control blood sugar levels on a plant based diet. However, as a youngster I was a vegetarian for six years, only giving up when I got so skinny, anemic and injury prone - and that was with dairy and eggs! Forgive me if I don't fancy that again, especially as an old timer, where we need more protein than our younger selves. As for the 50 years later...Well, all we can hope to achieve is a perceptible improvement of our current state of health. Regardless of what any organisation or individual tells you, the best advice is to test your blood sugar regularly when you eat foods you are unsure of. And, btw, not just after two hours. By then - unless you've eaten a whole bag of jelly babies and guzzled a couple of litres of Pepsi - it's too late to assess if you are on the right track. Many advise that you test 30, 60, 90 and 120 mins after consuming something novel. That is how I discovered early on that sweet potatoes and pinhead porridge - whilst better that bread or sticky toffee pudding -were less than ideal for me. Of course, there is no need to do this indefinitely. I only test occasionally now. But then, if I eat a big green salad for lunch with tinned salmon and a couple of eggs, followed by some full fat Greek yogurt, I don't have to. If your blood sugar is normally under control - except when you fall off the wagon and hit the carbs - well, you are on the right track. Best of luck! [/QUOTE]
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