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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IanD" data-source="post: 293093" data-attributes="member: 6186">Well done, Steve, to get a positive answer to a very serious problem. It took me 8 years.12 years ago I went to Dr with a numbness in my rt thigh. I also had a feeling that my leg was letting me down, though it never did. I kept a walking stick in the car. Dr suspected neuropathy caused by T2, & I was duly diagnosed HbA1c=8.6.I was given the usual high carb/low sugar/low fat/low salt diet. The neuropathy never went away. A persistent problem was when I was lying on my back in bed, & my wife snuggled up & her knees pressed into that thigh. The neuropathy intensified & became crippling with muscle pains that made in painful to get out of bed. I had to move my legs with my hands. Dr suggested referring me to hospital.Then I found this forum & low carb. Within 3 months I was cured. 4 years on I am well & free from neuropathy. At the Hounslow Cardio/Diabetes support group 2 young, healthy & non-diabetic dietitians gave mostly the usual advice, though one did approve of reduced carb, recommending 50 g carb at each meal. BUT that's 600 kcals - where do we get the other 1200 kcals from if we also eat low fat? - Vegetables & fruit - HOWEVER 1 Kg of carrots would provide 200 cals, & a further 40 g of carbohydrate. 5 apples would provide 400 cals, & a further 100 g of carbohydrate – double the 150 g carb. I'm waiting for the dietitians to reply .... I fear that the dietitians are not diabetics & only know what they are taught  by DUK, which of course is that diabetes is progressive. Happily I have been given the opportunity to address the group on my low carb experience. Search Hounslow on the forum for reports on these meetings.</blockquote>

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