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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jenny15" data-source="post: 1798619" data-attributes="member: 196992">I agree with you that government guidelines on what T2 diabetics should eat are way out of step with reality. Fortunately it is usually relatively save for us to throw that "guidance" out the window and learn from fellow people with T2 how to eat to your meter etc. I wanted to be sure you were talking about food not medical treatment guidelines, which I consider basically sound. Not perfect, but scientifically supported enough to give me reasonable confidence that my GP is being guided well. I have been living with long term disorders since my teens - I seem to acquire a new one on average every 3 years. I used to try to learn all I could about them but it's become almost overwhelming. So I rely more on my team of doctors and other HCPs than I did before. I think you're right in that diabetic eating guidelines are underfunded and lower relative priority than the medical guidelines, where the wrong call can have an immediate short term effect of costing a life, with the attending doctor being held responsible. So they put more time and care into getting them right.</blockquote>

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