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Recommended Diet

Floppy1 said:
I am astonished that the NHS recommended diet has resulted in my pre-diabetes diagnosis. Why don't they admit that they were wrong and say that lowering carbs would be better?
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Hello and welcome, @Floppy1 .

So many of us have found the same. Some have found out later when they have been diagnosed with T2 and quite high HbA1c levels.

If you have prediabetes, it is possible , with some changes to diet, that you can avoid the progression to T2 diabetes. Many of our members use Low Carb way of eating, to return to non-diabetes levels.
There is info in my signature that gives more details. Also, have a read of the posts in various threads, and ask questions. Our members will give advice and info based on their own experiences.
 
@Floppy1 I was on a GP recommended diet when diagnosed, and discovered that I had been flagged about 10 years before diagnosis as having high blood glucose, which was dealt with by not repeating the test - I had annual blood tests as my thyroid failed quite some time ago now.
All my adult life I had been pushed to eat carbs as they are 'healthy' - no matter how ill they made me feel or how much weight I put on.
Just look at the way Dr Atkins was vilified, or William Banting 100 years earlier, and how that weird fellow Kellogg got away with really abhorrent beliefs and recommendations along with a high carb diet.
 
Don't be surprised that the NHS still pushes carbs as so many medics haven't a clue - sad but true. I've been lucky as my earlier DN knew that to keep the carbs down was the way to keep HBA1C down. I remain appalled that the NHS diet advice is bad but the food industry lurks in the background.
 
Pipp said:
Hello and welcome, @Floppy1 .

So many of us have found the same. Some have found out later when they have been diagnosed with T2 and quite high HbA1c levels.

If you have prediabetes, it is possible , with some changes to diet, that you can avoid the progression to T2 diabetes. Many of our members use Low Carb way of eating, to return to non-diabetes levels.
There is info in my signature that gives more details. Also, have a read of the posts in various threads, and ask questions. Our members will give advice and info based on their own experiences.
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Hi Floppy1,@Pipp has helped me a lot over the past 12 years, she's a fantastic resource. The knowledge I have gained from her and the Low carb program has helped me to be medication free and HbA1c within normal limits. Thankyou Pipp.
Read a lot, buy a blood glucose monitor, keep a food diet , reduce your carbs and increase your movement. That works for me. Good luck
 
Jamrox said:
Hi Floppy1,@Pipp has helped me a lot over the past 12 years, she's a fantastic resource. The knowledge I have gained from her and the Low carb program has helped me to be medication free and HbA1c within normal limits. Thankyou Pipp.
Read a lot, buy a blood glucose monitor, keep a food diet , reduce your carbs and increase your movement. That works for me. Good luck
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What food have you tried to eat
 
Floppy1 said:
I am astonished that the NHS recommended diet has resulted in my pre-diabetes diagnosis. Why don't they admit that they were wrong and say that lowering carbs would be better?
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Well, when the entire medical and government establishment has been solidly behind the "eatwell" guidance (or something similar) for nearly half a century, it would be a bit embarrassing to have to admit being wrong. I have a copy of Pears Encyclopedia from the mid 1980s that a) doesn't mention T2 diabetes at all, as it was not an issue, and b) recommends reducing starches and sugars (ie carbs) to lose weight. Those pieces were written by someone from the Royal College of Physicians, and they were both accurate and useful then (IMO).

You might also want to have a read of a book called "Rethinking Diabetes" by Gary Taubes which covers the history of how the establishment has managed diabetes, and in particular the continuing struggle between the medication approach and the diet/lifestyle approach.
 
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