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<blockquote data-quote="Finsky" data-source="post: 1146533" data-attributes="member: 269388"><p>Since I started to educate myself with help from my fellow diabetics here and been reading and learning about nutritional facts from physiological point of view, believe it or not...but lot of the stuff that is commonly told by doctors and nurses about correct diets for us diabetics are not quite right. We do very well with very little carbohydrates (all that pasta, potatoes, bread...etc, as nice as they are to eat). I do outdoor work, I don't have any issues with it diet wise..some good quality meat and plenty of fat containing foods will keep anybody going on for hours...and keep warm too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> We don't actually chomp tons of lard..it is not like that at all, but making sure that food is not low fat. Btw..my granddad was lumberjack in VERY snowy parts of Finland and ran small holding too...his favourite meal was fried pig fat..<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />(not something I would relish)and chunk of rye bread, that kept him going in snowy forests in winter, pulling horses through deep snow with load of logs, and he lived into his late 80's <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>"Sensible living"..yes ,that is what many of us try to do...but what is sensible for me, might not be for somebody else. We just have to find the way of eating that works for us..and to me my low carb and high(er) fat diet does it, it has helped me to reduce my medication drastically. If it is certain foods that make you 'ill'..then there is no point eating them. I've been diagnosed diabetic over 20 years and all that time following NHS dietary advise, my diabetes didn't improve, quite opposite..their sensible eating plan did not work so I had to take matters into my own hands. I have been little while ago prescribed yet another lot of new medication, to me that was getting ridiculous...I was already taking two different lots of tablets and on insulin too. I rather take less medication, feel better and loose few tempting foods from my diet..and I am experiencing all that and more! I had other week meeting with diabetic nurse about the 'new medication' and as she saw my improvements...she agreed I won't need them and those other pills and 'potions' neither...and I left with encouragement from her.."what a improvement, carry on as you do"<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Edit to add...when you've been told diabetes is progressive..well it can be and will be for many who follow traditional dietary recommendations..but if you follow this forum, we have many who have proven it not be so. I really doesn't have to be...and that's where this 'different' way of eating comes to play. And to add to that..way we eat is nothing new or just discovered. It was researched way of eating for diabetics before all these moderns medicines were created...only way back then to keep diabetes in check and people alive..and they did with diet only. But it is so easy to rely to medicines and allow people to eat freely what they want..but obviously it doesn't work for long term..hence being 'progressive'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Finsky, post: 1146533, member: 269388"] Since I started to educate myself with help from my fellow diabetics here and been reading and learning about nutritional facts from physiological point of view, believe it or not...but lot of the stuff that is commonly told by doctors and nurses about correct diets for us diabetics are not quite right. We do very well with very little carbohydrates (all that pasta, potatoes, bread...etc, as nice as they are to eat). I do outdoor work, I don't have any issues with it diet wise..some good quality meat and plenty of fat containing foods will keep anybody going on for hours...and keep warm too ;) We don't actually chomp tons of lard..it is not like that at all, but making sure that food is not low fat. Btw..my granddad was lumberjack in VERY snowy parts of Finland and ran small holding too...his favourite meal was fried pig fat..:rolleyes:(not something I would relish)and chunk of rye bread, that kept him going in snowy forests in winter, pulling horses through deep snow with load of logs, and he lived into his late 80's ;) "Sensible living"..yes ,that is what many of us try to do...but what is sensible for me, might not be for somebody else. We just have to find the way of eating that works for us..and to me my low carb and high(er) fat diet does it, it has helped me to reduce my medication drastically. If it is certain foods that make you 'ill'..then there is no point eating them. I've been diagnosed diabetic over 20 years and all that time following NHS dietary advise, my diabetes didn't improve, quite opposite..their sensible eating plan did not work so I had to take matters into my own hands. I have been little while ago prescribed yet another lot of new medication, to me that was getting ridiculous...I was already taking two different lots of tablets and on insulin too. I rather take less medication, feel better and loose few tempting foods from my diet..and I am experiencing all that and more! I had other week meeting with diabetic nurse about the 'new medication' and as she saw my improvements...she agreed I won't need them and those other pills and 'potions' neither...and I left with encouragement from her.."what a improvement, carry on as you do";) Edit to add...when you've been told diabetes is progressive..well it can be and will be for many who follow traditional dietary recommendations..but if you follow this forum, we have many who have proven it not be so. I really doesn't have to be...and that's where this 'different' way of eating comes to play. And to add to that..way we eat is nothing new or just discovered. It was researched way of eating for diabetics before all these moderns medicines were created...only way back then to keep diabetes in check and people alive..and they did with diet only. But it is so easy to rely to medicines and allow people to eat freely what they want..but obviously it doesn't work for long term..hence being 'progressive'. [/QUOTE]
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