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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catinahat" data-source="post: 2593420" data-attributes="member: 155453">Welcome Richard I hope you find the Desmond course a useful start to your diabetes education. I would urge you however not to just blindly accept everything they say. Although the NHS are slowly coming round to accept a more modern approach to T2 care. They seem to be clinging to old ideas and outdated advice Just a few misleading things you might be told are  wholemeal/brown carbs are preferable to white. Your body can only see the carbs not the colour, the brown carbs may take a little longer to release the glucose, but will still cause your blood sugar levels to rise. Slow release carbs are good for youSlow release carbs, like porridge for example, just mean that your blood sugar will rise slowly, stay high for longer and still be elevated by the time your are ready for your next meal. T2's not using drugs that can cause low blood sugar do not need to testThis for me is the most damaging piece of advice you are likely to hear, most of us who have managed to put our T2 into remission, have done it by using our meters to test our meals so we understand how our bodies react to different foods. It's how I learned that a sandwich made with wholemeal bread is just as bad as one made with white. That porridge is not a good breakfast, that carbs affect me more first thing in the morning, that eating fruit has less impact if I have it as desert after my low carb evening meal and that bananas are unaccessible at anytime. Good luck with Desmond, I hope its useful, but do your own research.</blockquote>

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