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And next recipe bubble & squeak cakes - first ingredient 500g Maris piper potatoes.
 
It's like one step forward. Then 3 steps back. Especially as loads of people are now learning about the low
carb diet. Another thing I still can't understand is why is it taking years for the
Nhs to come round. They would save millions (what with amputations, strokes, heart attacks,e tc, etc,
etc. Don't they want to save money. As every time I go to the the practice nurse it's always the same old story 'remember to
eat the potatoes and carbs now. You need them, they are good for you.
 
Aishia said:
Just wish these people would educate themselves a bit better.
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I think its a case of WE need to re educate them "walk in my shoes" sort of thing, my DN needs this anyway. I sometimes wonder if she actually understands the concept of LCHF or diabetes in general!. My recent GP understands at least, as I have been bleating on to him about it and he has got quite enthusiastic!
 
Aishia said:
Don't th ink the nurse at my surgery will ever understand. She just looks like a stubborn old cow
I sometimes just feel like stuffing a potato in her mouth. Ha Ha.
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Part of the reason is partly because they can't go off script. Even those that know it works can agree you are doing well but can't say you can! So to speak. Lots of my friends are senior nurses. They can see I am losing weight and know what I am doing but still tell me I shouldn't be doing it. The other thing is they still say it is progressive. Of course it is when they aren't giving people the right information. And then we have Big Pharma.....
 
My husband has been told he has slightly high cholesterol and is pre-diabetes. (I actually don’t believe that). The doc told him to eat plenty of bread and potatoes!!!!! His weight is below normal so the doc maybe wants him to put some weight on.
 
Ye I know they can't go off script because they are still in their
'parrot script.But it can be infuriating sometimes when nobody understands.
like now I am t trying o get hearing aid s because I have 'Cookie byte' (rare) hearing loss.It's a mid frequency hearing
loss I will have to go pivate because it's one type fits all otherwise. Because I have tried those. So phoned this place
Up. Supposed to do home visits.Expl ai Ned to them 'it's mid frequency hearing loss. 'O yes we will come there, we can do that. 'Its Cookie byte' I said. Do you know what the man said 'what's that'.As private hearing aids are expensive.
I nearly told told him. I am deaf but not stupid.
 
Gannet said:
My husband has been told he has slightly high cholesterol and is pre-diabetes. (I actually don’t believe that). The doc told him to eat plenty of bread and potatoes!!!!! His weight is below normal so the doc maybe wants him to put some weight on.
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It seems more likely he’ll increase both cholesterol and hba1c if he follows that advice. Doing the opposite and having less of them and more protein and healthy naturally occurring fats to gain a bit of weight would solve both issues. Get your husband to ask for the actual numbers rather than an opinion on what they are. Slightly high might mean 1 mmol or 20 depending on the dr
 
filly said:
Part of the reason is partly because they can't go off script. Even those that know it works can agree you are doing well but can't say you can! So to speak. Lots of my friends are senior nurses. They can see I am losing weight and know what I am doing but still tell me I shouldn't be doing it. The other thing is they still say it is progressive. Of course it is when they aren't giving people the right information. And then we have Big Pharma.....
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Some manage to go off script and give sensible advice. A few in here have drs and nurses that advise lower carb and even this forum. Many of these well educated hcp’s are working from the inside to update their colleagues, rather than just toeing the party line
 
HSSS said:
It seems more likely he’ll increase both cholesterol and hba1c if he follows that advice. Doing the opposite and having less of them and more protein and healthy naturally occurring fats to gain a bit of weight would solve both issues. Get your husband to ask for the actual numbers rather than an opinion on what they are. Slightly high might mean 1 mmol or 20 depending on the dr
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He can read the numbers on line. Cholesterol is 5..6, HBa1C is 43. We are not worried about cholesterol in the slightest. The test was taken in the heat of summer when he may have been dehydrated. I’m not sure whether that will have made a difference, but I know what he eats, and it’s pretty balanced. He knows to take the advice with a large pinch of salt. He’s agreed to have another test in 6 months.
I have learned to disregard any dietary ‘advice’ from the health centre.
 
And dident our pa rents say 'if you are a good boy/girl you can have some sweets, chocs maybe. Well they never sat me down with knife,fork and a pumpkin if I was a good girl. So conditioning.Maybe that is why I still crave chocolate.Been a good girl for months so just a little treat tonight.
 
Aishia said:
Just noticed in paper today that WW have got an article Beat Diabetes and noticed the winter warmer recipe Sheperds pie. Ingredients for 4. 700g potatoes etc. They just don't get it do they.
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On Saturday it was Banana Porridge for breakfast and Wraps for lunch.
 
An y way that's life.Going to bed now. To think of the 'emergency kit' for winter. Prefer to collect all the nuts really and
hibernate over winter . But next best. Start with the Fork handles. No sorry
4 candles.
 
But it is just laughable in the end . Banana porridge etc. Did not buy that paper today but wondered what they had for desserts .
 
Aishia said:
Just noticed in paper today that WW have got an article Beat Diabetes and noticed the winter warmer recipe Sheperds pie. Ingredients for 4. 700g potatoes etc. They just don't get it do they.
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We make shepherds pie half with mashed spud on it, the other half done with mashed jap pumpkin with finally diced raw onion mixed in which I have instead of spuds.

I have no bgl problems with that, even with the heat and eat ones you can get here, I do not have much of a rise in bgl with the the reheated mashed potatoe.
 
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