Munkki
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 544
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hi all,
I had a strange and emotional experience on Wednesday, and wanted to check-in with this forum, as it has helped me a lot since my diagnosis with T2D. I went to a presentation by a Professor of Metabolic Physiology. He started going through all the complications, the odds of having feet amputated etc etc. Then, he recommended a low calorie diet with complex carbs - and expressed his surprise and disappointment in study participants, who used this approach and started gaining weight again after a while. My boyfriend was holding my hand tightly while I felt more and more disturbed. At the end, I asked the professor, what he thinks about low carb diets and he started a big rant about fads with a lot of fat, SATURATED fats, and that people get heart attacks from such fat!! And people need fibre and cannot get fibre without > 100g carbs. I mentioned cabbage and spinach (could have mentioned more, actually) and he said he does not mean THAT fibre - you need whole grains for fibre to improve diabetes control. He actually advises the NHS on keto/low carb diets, so no wonder the guidelines hardly change!! I left without arguing further, but it took me a while to calm down.
A few points I wanted to mention:
- I have been free of all meds since my diagnosis, and live happily with low carb / keto since about 4 years, and have been experimenting more and more with IF. I could be slimmer, but I am not overweight and have the curves as the right places, not thin legs+belly anymore
- I am one of the healthiest people around and don't usually catch a cold, even when my colleagues and boyfriend are ill
- I mostly don't worry about my lifestyle, but after Wednesday, I had a bit of diabetes fatigue. It can get lonely being the only one on low carb at work etc and when many professionals are against your lifestyle, but my GP is at least supporting LC
- I really admire those, who spread the word, like people in this forum, people who openly talk about their own experiences, but also the researchers, who must at times struggle immensely with funding and publishing - just imagine having that said professor as journal reviewer or editor - he could probably get a crucial diabetes+LC study rejected in an instant
I had a strange and emotional experience on Wednesday, and wanted to check-in with this forum, as it has helped me a lot since my diagnosis with T2D. I went to a presentation by a Professor of Metabolic Physiology. He started going through all the complications, the odds of having feet amputated etc etc. Then, he recommended a low calorie diet with complex carbs - and expressed his surprise and disappointment in study participants, who used this approach and started gaining weight again after a while. My boyfriend was holding my hand tightly while I felt more and more disturbed. At the end, I asked the professor, what he thinks about low carb diets and he started a big rant about fads with a lot of fat, SATURATED fats, and that people get heart attacks from such fat!! And people need fibre and cannot get fibre without > 100g carbs. I mentioned cabbage and spinach (could have mentioned more, actually) and he said he does not mean THAT fibre - you need whole grains for fibre to improve diabetes control. He actually advises the NHS on keto/low carb diets, so no wonder the guidelines hardly change!! I left without arguing further, but it took me a while to calm down.
A few points I wanted to mention:
- I have been free of all meds since my diagnosis, and live happily with low carb / keto since about 4 years, and have been experimenting more and more with IF. I could be slimmer, but I am not overweight and have the curves as the right places, not thin legs+belly anymore
- I am one of the healthiest people around and don't usually catch a cold, even when my colleagues and boyfriend are ill
- I mostly don't worry about my lifestyle, but after Wednesday, I had a bit of diabetes fatigue. It can get lonely being the only one on low carb at work etc and when many professionals are against your lifestyle, but my GP is at least supporting LC
- I really admire those, who spread the word, like people in this forum, people who openly talk about their own experiences, but also the researchers, who must at times struggle immensely with funding and publishing - just imagine having that said professor as journal reviewer or editor - he could probably get a crucial diabetes+LC study rejected in an instant