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NHS Dietitian Contradicting Himself

dbr10 said:
Dietician. "We recommend carbs at every meal". I pointed out that, being diabetic, I am carbohydrate intolerant.
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That’s exactly what I was told. I was given three months to improve my diet or be put on the diabetes register. I was also given the standard NHS leaflet and advice that advises carbs with every meal. After a week of wondering how I would know if what I was doing was helping I bought Dr David Cavan’s wonderfulbook, then I bought a blood glucose meter and discovered that all the nice healthy carbs I was being told to eat were the very things that were pushing up my blood sugar. I’m afraid that if I’d stuck with my nurse’s advice I’d still have T2, as it is I’m in remission.
 
Funnily enough I enjoy the seeds as much as the birds. lol
 

Been there. And a Stop Smoking nurse I had once was smoking outside in her coffee break! LOL
 
nottslass said:
That's why I don't go to mine, waste of space!
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The NHS dietician I saw was really nice and I admired the tact with which he avoided going head to head with me over low carb. However at our first meeting he advised me to abandon low carb and revert to my previous "healthy" Mediterranean style diet, allowing my bg to climb until it got really bad, when my GP would give me medicines to sort it! At our second meeting he came clean as to his real views. He confessed to being on the fence, simply not knowing what to think about low carb, saturated fat etc. He said that many dieticians still believe in the old advice, a few have gone over to low carb etc, but he just didn't know. I respect that, as I don't know either. That is, I know that raised bg is damaging, but I don't know if / how far saturated fat and high LDL are harmful. So I prioritise eating to lower my bg. I do sympathise with my dietician, as IMO his position when required to advise diabetics is untenable.
 

When I was first diagnosed T2 a year ago my Doctor and Diabetic Educator advised me to not give up anything, however, eat in moderation. OK. I tried their way and my sugars went up, so I researched and found the LCHF Keto lifestyle and changed immediately. Three weeks ago my Doctor said I was doing excellent and yesterday the Diabetic Educator said if she didn't know I was 70 she'd think the blood results were that of a 19 to 20 year old. So, she then said she's not worried if I go six months before coming back to see her and get my blood checked. She said if I get worried about anything to call her. My A1C went from 6.7 at the beginning of this journey and is now at 5.5. If I continue on with this lifestyle change hopefully it will be even lower come September. Kudos to everyone who is managing their diabetes so well.
 

I’m T1 so this is purely out of curiosity. How do you deal with hunger on such a low calorie intake and all that exercise?
 
Lots of Jason Fung fans on this forum-it's our 'Bible' and fasting does help some. Well done with the weight loss- you are doing great x
 
Hello.When i went a 24 hour alternate fasting diet..I found i lost the desire to be snacking all the time..After a short while i could take food or leave it. It . certainly did the trick No more feeling hungry all the time I lost over 3 st in weight and reduce my blood sugar to nornal.Thus curing my diabetes And clearing all the complications ,that were coming in thick and fast I have been totally diabetic free for 12 months now.I am not on any special diet .I can eat what i like without any adverse effects.I bought Dr Jason Fung's book .A Complete Guide to Fasting.A very good book. Money well spent ,You don't have to buy his book you can get the information ,on his website on Utube.
 
I was eating a Mediterranean diet and my A1c was leaping up year on year. Since I began low carb it has come down to my 2014 level of 37 despite various health problems and having been oblilged temporarily to take some medicines known to raise bg. I very much hope my next A1c will be lower. IMO facts trump theory. Countless research studies have shown that raised bg is harmful. It has been compared to having ground glass in one's blood stream. I would prefer to be free to eat a more "balanced" and varied diet, but to me my restricted diet, while not ideal, is a lesser evil than courting heart disease and all the other diabetic complications with elevated bg.
 
Sam50 said:
Lots of Jason Fung fans on this forum-it's our 'Bible'
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My bibles are Dr Bernstein's "Diabetes Solution" and Jenny Ruhl's "Blood Sugar 101". Fasting is not for everyone, especially those of us who need to GAIN weight rather than lose it.
 
Yeah it's cheating the doc from getting pay-backs from Big Pharma.
 
david1241 said:
I totally agree with you.They don'twant any cures There is more money to be made keeping you ticking over but ill.
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Absolutely. I am sure that's why they slashed the threshold of the Q Risk score from 20 to 10 just to have an excuse to put thousands more on statins etc.
 
Hello .I don.t like these over weight doctors and nurses telling me to get some weight off I saw one practice nurse at our malpractice .telling me to get some weight off.I weighed about 13 st. at the time .She weighed an estimated 16 st. Same hight as me 5ft.6.ins.
 
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