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<blockquote data-quote="goji" data-source="post: 131957" data-attributes="member: 11291"><p>In theory this would be a great idea but many people have problems getting their vitamin levels tested by GPs. I asked my GP and was told that vitamin testing is 'alternative medicine'. </p><p></p><p>I got some of my vitamin levels tested privately and found I was deficient in several important vitamins/minerals (A,D and Magnesium - all of which have been demonstrated in the literature to be problematic for diabetics). I have a balanced diet as stated by NHS dietician.</p><p></p><p>I find the idea that vitamin testing is 'alternative' to be worrying as there are numerous publications (search on Pubmed if you're interested) that show that Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetics have abnormally low levels of certain vitamins compared to normal controls. If doctors don't bother to test us to identify deficiencies then how can they say it's not a problem?</p><p></p><p>As for the vitamin D evidence, the original report stating that over 50% of the population is D deficient was published in the British Medical Journal in 2010 </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/jan11_1/b5664" target="_blank">http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/ ... 11_1/b5664</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goji, post: 131957, member: 11291"] In theory this would be a great idea but many people have problems getting their vitamin levels tested by GPs. I asked my GP and was told that vitamin testing is 'alternative medicine'. I got some of my vitamin levels tested privately and found I was deficient in several important vitamins/minerals (A,D and Magnesium - all of which have been demonstrated in the literature to be problematic for diabetics). I have a balanced diet as stated by NHS dietician. I find the idea that vitamin testing is 'alternative' to be worrying as there are numerous publications (search on Pubmed if you're interested) that show that Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetics have abnormally low levels of certain vitamins compared to normal controls. If doctors don't bother to test us to identify deficiencies then how can they say it's not a problem? As for the vitamin D evidence, the original report stating that over 50% of the population is D deficient was published in the British Medical Journal in 2010 [url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/340/jan11_1/b5664]http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/ ... 11_1/b5664[/url] [/QUOTE]
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