One of the problems I have had with this site is to evaluate which views are realistic and which are not.
Please understand, this comment comes from frustration, not a wish to apportion blame to contributors, but as my GP is also a friend I often get to discuss views, especially on diet with her and as I find this low carb idea which flies in the face of NHS dietary policy, worrying. As I find the frequent suggestion to take your own blood sugar levels at regular intervals, even several times around meal times. I appreciate it will provide a great indication of which foods effect ones blood sugar, I also, being never keen to inflict pain on myself, can't yet see it as the must do some seem to suggest.
Am I wrong. Having suffered heart problems for some years, I've lived the diet and reduced my considerable bulk, and yes I still need to take a few more stones off the scale reading. But this business about no bread, no fruit, no cereal and so on I am finding hard to compute, as that's what's reduced my weight by 9 stone now, my waist by 14" and my blood pressure to well managed levels.
I am fortunate that sugar has never been a great love of mine, but fruit is, as is fresh bread as is vegetables and meat and fish. I am not a big fry up fan any more, my cholesterol levels are fine now, but this damnable blood sugar level.
To the best of my knowledge I don't or have not suffered highs or lows yet, in the 9 months since I first suspected a problem, but does that count. Since starting metformin, my need to drink has diminished as has the frequent visits to relieve my bladder
I go for my second Hb1ac test next week, maybe I should have held this rant over until then, but the more I read views expressed on low cards the more frustrated I get, especially when those I see and talk to, my GP, my Diabetes nurse, are not keen.
Its a strange one indeed
Please understand, this comment comes from frustration, not a wish to apportion blame to contributors, but as my GP is also a friend I often get to discuss views, especially on diet with her and as I find this low carb idea which flies in the face of NHS dietary policy, worrying. As I find the frequent suggestion to take your own blood sugar levels at regular intervals, even several times around meal times. I appreciate it will provide a great indication of which foods effect ones blood sugar, I also, being never keen to inflict pain on myself, can't yet see it as the must do some seem to suggest.
Am I wrong. Having suffered heart problems for some years, I've lived the diet and reduced my considerable bulk, and yes I still need to take a few more stones off the scale reading. But this business about no bread, no fruit, no cereal and so on I am finding hard to compute, as that's what's reduced my weight by 9 stone now, my waist by 14" and my blood pressure to well managed levels.
I am fortunate that sugar has never been a great love of mine, but fruit is, as is fresh bread as is vegetables and meat and fish. I am not a big fry up fan any more, my cholesterol levels are fine now, but this damnable blood sugar level.
To the best of my knowledge I don't or have not suffered highs or lows yet, in the 9 months since I first suspected a problem, but does that count. Since starting metformin, my need to drink has diminished as has the frequent visits to relieve my bladder
I go for my second Hb1ac test next week, maybe I should have held this rant over until then, but the more I read views expressed on low cards the more frustrated I get, especially when those I see and talk to, my GP, my Diabetes nurse, are not keen.
Its a strange one indeed