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Starchy Carbohydrates


..... and telling every person we meet with diabetes about it, of course

More seriously..... small minorities can grow, and eventually become the majority. And the number of HCP's who are recognising the effectiveness of LCHF for diabetes is tiny, but growing. At least in the U.K. they are not facing disciplinary proceedings like Tim Noakes, Gary Fettke and others.

How much long-term evidence do they want? They had ****** all when they adopted low fat as the recommendation for everyone. And, as hard as they look, they can't find any to support it.
 
BarbaraG said:
and telling every person we meet with diabetes about it, of course
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I told my next door T2 neighbour about LCHF of course he had never heard of it but said it sounded like a crank diet so he would not be doing it. I had more or less the same response from a couple of elderly T2 ladies who said they took Metformin tablets which meant apart from to much sugar stuff they could eat more or less what they wanted to. So not easy to change peoples minds about their diet
 
Ignorance is bliss; for the ignorant especially
 
I heard about low carb for diabetes numerous times and dismissed it as too strict/too hard/unrealistic. Every time. Until last year.
 
miahara said:
Ignorance is bliss; for the ignorant especially
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I think it is very hard to change peoples minds about something that they have been doing for years without problem. The ladies I spoke to had been T2's for quite a few years and they did not have any diabetic complications and said they did not see a reason to change they way they were eating at their time of life.
 

Hi AM1874
Advice - spot on!
 
Hi Midnightrider,
I was orginally diagnosed with a fasting test of 7.7, the HbA1C at that time was 5.9% (41 mmol/mol). A month later my fasting test was 7.6 and HbA1c was 5.7% (38.8 mmol/mol) and 3 months later HbA1c was 5.6% (38 mmol/mol) no fasting test this time.
I admit to being confused as to whether I have type 2 or pre-diabetic or OK. I have been checking my fasting levels for a couple of months and this has fluctuated between 7.4 and 5.5!
 
You have been diagnosed on the basis of your FBG result (which may be slightly higher due to the stress of visiting the doc and being tested, this is known to raise the level in some cases), which is normally only done if the HbA1c result is thought to be incorrect or is inappropriate due to another condition. With 3 HbA1c results all below 42mmol/mol I am at a bit of a loss. However, the limits set in the guidelines are somewhat arbitrary and changing lifestyle to prevent a potential problem is not necessarily a bad thing.

https://cks.nice.org.uk/diabetes-type-2?_escaped_fragment_=diagnosis#!diagnosissub
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html
 
dbr10 said:
"The ADA advice to eat wholegrain bread is guaranteed to kill diabetics", Dr Richard Bernstein.
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Yep one slice nearly killed me on Sunday- ! Will avoid like the plague for time being
 
welcome here KBradzm

and believe in what you do , low carb is the way to go for diabetics type 2..
 
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