The food programme Radio 4

Yes, I certainly don't eat vast amounts of carbs just for the sake of it, or follow those high recommendations of lots of bread, etc. I tend to eat what I would have eaten if I didn't get diabetes because that seems sensible to me and keeps my weight at a normal level.

I have a fast metabolism, and I think that if I didn't eat any/many carbs I'd lose too much weight, even with extra fat. I did once try a health diet that happened to be low carb, high fat, and I lost too much weight.

As I say, we all have to do what's best for us as individuals. One size doesn't fit all.

But I will say that the key to carb-eating, if people choose to do that, is having the correct dose of insulin at the correct time. Many times the newly-diagnosed, myself included all those years ago, follow the 'right' dose of insulin rather than adjusting it to the dose that works. I'm happy to experiment and get things right so I can, if I choose, eat whatever carbs I want (within reason, of course!).

The Food Programme on Radio 4 this afternoon was discussing diet and diabetes http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rl3jb

Those nice people from Diabetes UK were telling everyone that evidence for the efficacy of a LCHF diet was based on short term small scale research, its negative health implications are therefore unknown and thus did not challenge their DUK existing advice for diabetics of a well balanced diet that included carbs (and sugar).

Hmph! Well I for one was on a progressively downhill trend of poorer Hba1c results and cholesterol medication until I discovered LCHF. However, individual experiences, however many there are, count for nothing.

EDIT.... oops, just noticed that this has been discussed in the Diabetes Discussions forum.... sorry!

Made me really angry so unbalanced

Thanks for flagging this up - I didn't know this programme was on this afternoon, I'll have a listen.

I have emailed the programme and suggest as many of us as possible do the same.

I missed it andfrom the reactions I've heard I think I'm glad I did

Car crash radio. I think it was about 20 minutes into a half hour programme before the presenter (not the "experts") even used the word carbohydrate.

Way too much emphasis on "sugar". I also think we seriously need different words for T1 and T2 to have any sensible public debate.

Suercc said:

I have emailed the programme and suggest as many of us as possible do the same.

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I emailed them immediately after listening to the program.