Opt for Diabetic Choices on Tesco groceries?

[Member496333]

I think that checkbox means if you want to be diabetic. In all seriousness it’s not funny. The state, through disastrous dietary advice, wilfully promotes and now straight-up advertises disease by using supermarkets as a proxy. And of course the supermarkets lap it up because they make massive gains on super cheap, highly profitable imitation food with a two year shelf life. In an ideal world they would be prosecuted for pushing such damaging ‘misinformation’ on the unsuspecting well and vulnerable sick, but we all know it will never happen so long as money can buy fast cars and houses with more toilets than mine has rooms.

 

[lucylocket61]

They make no distinction between types of diabetes. If they mean type 2, they should say so. That list is a disaster.

My new DN was initially sceptical of my decade of diet control, until I got her to scroll back through my annual results. Given those recommendations, I understand her scepticism

 

[zand]

It would be more useful if they put a gluten free option like the Australian example from @Riva_Roxaban.

 

[Mbaker]

Here is a cut & paste straight off their website....Incoming.......

CHECK SERVICE AVAILABILITY IN YOUR AREA:
******There are no foods that diabetics cannot eat; however, it is essential to reduce the amount of certain foods and to increase others. The dietary guidelines for people with diabetes are very similar to those recommended for everyone else - eating less sugar and fat, more fibre-rich, starchy foods, and more fruit and vegetables, with moderate amounts of meat and fish, as well as milk and dairy foods. There is no need to buy special diabetic foods - ordinary everyday foods in the right balance are the key to diabetic control. Choosing the right foods, however, can make a big difference. Eating regularly helps to ensure your blood sugar does not swing from one extreme to the other. People with diabetes need to base each meal on a starchy carbohydrate food for energy and to help maintain control over their blood-glucose level. It is a good idea to try to eat about the same amount of starchy foods each day, with plenty of vegetables, salad or fruit, and a smaller portion of meat or dairy foods. Starchy foods to try include: cereal, toast, rolls, bread, noodles, rice, pasta and potatoes, picking wholemeal versions where possible, since they are higher in fibre******



I GIVE UP!!!!! It went on but I couldn't do it to you all. I note they are also working in partnership with that 'other' diabetes site who shall not be named....

This is very serious as they are the biggest supermarket, so no doubt have significant influence on boards etc. It is only necessary to look at what has happened in Newyork City schools and colleges, when a body with power makes an undemocratic change.