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<blockquote data-quote="NoCrbs4Me" data-source="post: 1522037" data-attributes="member: 113206"><p>I agree. Unfortunately, there's no mention of carbs in the article. They do mention diet, but there's no doubt they mean following the government low fat/high carb diet. Essentially the article recommends that efforts to get people to follow the standard advice should be increased. However, it's well known that following the standard advice doesn't work. I was told not long after diagnosis for type 2 that I should follow the low fat/high carb "healthy" government diet and exercise 30 minutes 5 times a week. If I did that, my diabetes would get worse and worse over time, I'd be on more and stronger meds, then insulin, then get complications, and probably die from diabetes complications. Needless to say, like most people on this forum, I didn't follow their advice, and have had normal blood glucose levels for a few years now. </p><p></p><p>So the problem with this article is that it assumes that people aren't following the standard advice or can't be bothered to because they're lazy/stupid. However, I suspect many are and when they deteriorate it is assumed that they are lying about about complying with the standard advice. Or, having been told, like me, that type 2 is progressive even if you follow their advice, they don't bother and hope the meds work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NoCrbs4Me, post: 1522037, member: 113206"] I agree. Unfortunately, there's no mention of carbs in the article. They do mention diet, but there's no doubt they mean following the government low fat/high carb diet. Essentially the article recommends that efforts to get people to follow the standard advice should be increased. However, it's well known that following the standard advice doesn't work. I was told not long after diagnosis for type 2 that I should follow the low fat/high carb "healthy" government diet and exercise 30 minutes 5 times a week. If I did that, my diabetes would get worse and worse over time, I'd be on more and stronger meds, then insulin, then get complications, and probably die from diabetes complications. Needless to say, like most people on this forum, I didn't follow their advice, and have had normal blood glucose levels for a few years now. So the problem with this article is that it assumes that people aren't following the standard advice or can't be bothered to because they're lazy/stupid. However, I suspect many are and when they deteriorate it is assumed that they are lying about about complying with the standard advice. Or, having been told, like me, that type 2 is progressive even if you follow their advice, they don't bother and hope the meds work. [/QUOTE]
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