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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 1784269" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. It's standard government mantra to recommend keeping dairy, red meat and salt etc down. As far as I can find the evidence for any of this is weak and keeping your BS under good control must be the highest priority. That means keeping the carbs down and having enough fat and protein to keep you feeling full. To keep the Dr happy you might want to go for white meat rather than red and have unsaturated fats as well as saturated. For interest how high is your blood pressure and cholesterol? Be aware that it's best to measure your BP at home and give the GP/DN a list of readings done in the peace of your home. I do this and the DN averages the figures and puts that on my record. The average is lower than an in-surgery test. For cholesterol it should be a fasting test with full lipids 'panel' to be of any use. You then need to look at the various ratios. Don't accept meds just based on the Total or the rather silly NICE algorithm which will put most of us on statins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 1784269, member: 21149"] Hi. It's standard government mantra to recommend keeping dairy, red meat and salt etc down. As far as I can find the evidence for any of this is weak and keeping your BS under good control must be the highest priority. That means keeping the carbs down and having enough fat and protein to keep you feeling full. To keep the Dr happy you might want to go for white meat rather than red and have unsaturated fats as well as saturated. For interest how high is your blood pressure and cholesterol? Be aware that it's best to measure your BP at home and give the GP/DN a list of readings done in the peace of your home. I do this and the DN averages the figures and puts that on my record. The average is lower than an in-surgery test. For cholesterol it should be a fasting test with full lipids 'panel' to be of any use. You then need to look at the various ratios. Don't accept meds just based on the Total or the rather silly NICE algorithm which will put most of us on statins. [/QUOTE]
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