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<blockquote data-quote="graj0" data-source="post: 855807"><p>It's because they have seen the research that's been done showing that patients not taking insulin do not benefit from taking their BG. <a href="http://www.cfah.org/hbns/2012/for-diabetics-not-on-insulin-self-monitoring-blood-sugar-has-no-benefit" target="_blank">http://www.cfah.org/hbns/2012/for-diabetics-not-on-insulin-self-monitoring-blood-sugar-has-no-benefit</a> is one example and there are others.</p><p></p><p>It begs the question about what sort of person took part in the research, if you're cutting carbs to help control your diabetes then it's essential that you know what's going on, just in case a particular food has more of an effect on you BG than you expected. Also the fact that we all react differently to different sorts of carb means that we can't rely on a single source of information, we're all different.</p><p></p><p>They must have had participants who weren't that concerned about spikes.</p><p></p><p>Nearly forgot, the GP has to be able to justify why he isn't prescribing test strips. Poor justification in my book.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graj0, post: 855807"] It's because they have seen the research that's been done showing that patients not taking insulin do not benefit from taking their BG. [URL]http://www.cfah.org/hbns/2012/for-diabetics-not-on-insulin-self-monitoring-blood-sugar-has-no-benefit[/URL] is one example and there are others. It begs the question about what sort of person took part in the research, if you're cutting carbs to help control your diabetes then it's essential that you know what's going on, just in case a particular food has more of an effect on you BG than you expected. Also the fact that we all react differently to different sorts of carb means that we can't rely on a single source of information, we're all different. They must have had participants who weren't that concerned about spikes. Nearly forgot, the GP has to be able to justify why he isn't prescribing test strips. Poor justification in my book. [/QUOTE]
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