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<blockquote data-quote="forty six" data-source="post: 675400" data-attributes="member: 72202"><p>Although I do feel that we have had some truly **** medical advice given to us all over the last 30 years, I know that I do blame myself for most of what is now happening to me. Having read more on this subject since being diagnosed I have realised that this is not a death sentence if I am careful and not stupid. Yes I have made changes, cutting portion sizes, trying really hard to follow the 80/20 rules, cooking from scratch etc. Upping protein and lowering carbs and only having 'complex carbs'. I am not 'happy' but now I am testing myself more regularly (no matter what my DN says) I am more settled into this and no longer in denial. I have discovered that pasta does not effect me as much as it seems to do others for example.</p><p></p><p>I feel that my life has been <u>out of balance</u> as Scardoc says.</p><p></p><p>Zoe Harcombe sums it up very nicely on her website.</p><p></p><p><strong>“If we have been eating food in the form that nature intended for 24 hours, agriculture (large scale access to carbohydrates) developed four minutes ago and sugar consumption has increased twenty fold in the last five seconds. I wonder which food is more likely to be responsible for obesity, diabetes, or indeed any modern disease…”</strong></p><p></p><p>But and this is the important bit, nobody made me do it. I have free will - we all do - no matter what physical or mental state we are in. I cannot just apportion blame just to make me feel better. That is just lying to myself.</p><p></p><p>Genetics do play a part as lets be honest we probably all know someone whose whole family is tall and skinny, no matter how much they eat. So why then is it harder for us to accept that some families will be short and plump/fat/overweight even if they do eat right etc?</p><p></p><p>This really is not as simple as calorie in and calorie out - if it were we wouldn't need doctors, dieticians, books and plans to keep us on the straight and narrow.</p><p></p><p>Well rant over - now off to take my sugar test before dinner!</p><p></p><p>I hope you all have a good evening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forty six, post: 675400, member: 72202"] Although I do feel that we have had some truly **** medical advice given to us all over the last 30 years, I know that I do blame myself for most of what is now happening to me. Having read more on this subject since being diagnosed I have realised that this is not a death sentence if I am careful and not stupid. Yes I have made changes, cutting portion sizes, trying really hard to follow the 80/20 rules, cooking from scratch etc. Upping protein and lowering carbs and only having 'complex carbs'. I am not 'happy' but now I am testing myself more regularly (no matter what my DN says) I am more settled into this and no longer in denial. I have discovered that pasta does not effect me as much as it seems to do others for example. I feel that my life has been [U]out of balance[/U] as Scardoc says. Zoe Harcombe sums it up very nicely on her website. [B]“If we have been eating food in the form that nature intended for 24 hours, agriculture (large scale access to carbohydrates) developed four minutes ago and sugar consumption has increased twenty fold in the last five seconds. I wonder which food is more likely to be responsible for obesity, diabetes, or indeed any modern disease…”[/B] But and this is the important bit, nobody made me do it. I have free will - we all do - no matter what physical or mental state we are in. I cannot just apportion blame just to make me feel better. That is just lying to myself. Genetics do play a part as lets be honest we probably all know someone whose whole family is tall and skinny, no matter how much they eat. So why then is it harder for us to accept that some families will be short and plump/fat/overweight even if they do eat right etc? This really is not as simple as calorie in and calorie out - if it were we wouldn't need doctors, dieticians, books and plans to keep us on the straight and narrow. Well rant over - now off to take my sugar test before dinner! I hope you all have a good evening. [/QUOTE]
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