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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2517190" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>We are. Because many have read and studied more about this specific condition as it effects them than their GP has, especially in relation to nutritional elements. They just read the circulars and repeat the advice given them. We are because we have tried tested and binned the standard advice in favour of alternatives that work better. </p><p></p><p>Low carb is not an extreme diet. It’s retraining your tastebuds away from glucose (sugar) or foods that become glucose on digestion towards foods that are full of beneficial nutrients. I’m not sure how old you are but pre the 1970’s people ate unprocessed foods at meal times. The adding of sugar to everything was unheard of. The constant grazing of food was unheard of. Low fat foods with all sorts of nasties added in to replace real natural fats were unheard of. All the grain based options were seriously limited. In fact prior to 50 years ago we all ate a much lower carb diet than society does now. So which is the fad (that brought diabetes and obesity to half the population) and which is the one forcing our population to eat extreme foods we simply cannot cope with in a healthy way?</p><p></p><p>Oh and just popping a different pill might solve the blood glucose problems for now (maybe not your driving problems though) but it’s unlikely to address the underlying issues long term. Research shows just taking the drugs doesn’t stop the progression, just slows it down a bit. The underlying problem in type 2 is resistance to insulin and inability to use it well. We tend to overproduce our inefficient insulin in order to lower our high glucose level. The same high insulin level adds to our resistance of it. And the cycle deteriorates. Few of the drugs address this and just focus on the symptom of high glucose leaving insulin resistance to get worse. The way to reduce insulin levels is to demand less of it. Which means less glucose, which is achievable by putting less of it in our mouths in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2517190, member: 480869"] We are. Because many have read and studied more about this specific condition as it effects them than their GP has, especially in relation to nutritional elements. They just read the circulars and repeat the advice given them. We are because we have tried tested and binned the standard advice in favour of alternatives that work better. Low carb is not an extreme diet. It’s retraining your tastebuds away from glucose (sugar) or foods that become glucose on digestion towards foods that are full of beneficial nutrients. I’m not sure how old you are but pre the 1970’s people ate unprocessed foods at meal times. The adding of sugar to everything was unheard of. The constant grazing of food was unheard of. Low fat foods with all sorts of nasties added in to replace real natural fats were unheard of. All the grain based options were seriously limited. In fact prior to 50 years ago we all ate a much lower carb diet than society does now. So which is the fad (that brought diabetes and obesity to half the population) and which is the one forcing our population to eat extreme foods we simply cannot cope with in a healthy way? Oh and just popping a different pill might solve the blood glucose problems for now (maybe not your driving problems though) but it’s unlikely to address the underlying issues long term. Research shows just taking the drugs doesn’t stop the progression, just slows it down a bit. The underlying problem in type 2 is resistance to insulin and inability to use it well. We tend to overproduce our inefficient insulin in order to lower our high glucose level. The same high insulin level adds to our resistance of it. And the cycle deteriorates. Few of the drugs address this and just focus on the symptom of high glucose leaving insulin resistance to get worse. The way to reduce insulin levels is to demand less of it. Which means less glucose, which is achievable by putting less of it in our mouths in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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