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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1324398" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I know the current situation seems incredible and bizarre, and the lower carbing view just common sense for T2s, but you may not realise how far things have already come.</p><p></p><p>My low carbing started about 33 years ago, when I discovered a small, privately published book on hypoglycaemia in the health section of a book shop. It made such a difference to my 17 yr old existence, that I haven't eaten 'standard' carbs since.</p><p></p><p>But back in those days, the term Low Carb didn't exist. No one even knew what a carb was. No one had a clue. It was like being the only person on the planet who wasn't eating normally. Since then, we have had The Hay Diet, Montignac, Atkins, South Beach, Dukan, <a href="http://www.bloodsugar101.com" target="_blank">www.bloodsugar101.com</a> , <a href="http://www.dietdoctor.com" target="_blank">www.dietdoctor.com</a> 5:2, Fung's Intensive Dietary Management, New Atkins, Bernstein, the Cholesterol Myth, etc. etc. and average people recognise the word 'carb' as actually meaning something. Even health professionals know what people mean when they say Low Carb - even if they hate and reject it as an option.</p><p></p><p>Now (at last!!!) there are places like this, blogs, recipes, facebook groups, Public Health Collaboration UK, you tube lectures, Cereal Killers (film), people interviewing and running N=1 studies on themselves and blogging and You Tubing their results... media coverage, actual studies that have been conducted to a standard people find difficult to reject... though of course they try. lol.</p><p></p><p>Even this forum changes rapidly. I first signed up to it maybe 5-6 years ago, and gave up almost immediately. The amount of Low Carb crushing and even bullying that went on was astonishing, and the Low Carbers used to feel so victimised and so repressed that they lashed out in retaliation - and I wanted no part of it. Some of it was really nasty. Two years later I tried again, and found that people had stopped shouting down low carbing. There is still a lot of discussion, but there is so much evidence nowadays, that we can all make up our own minds and go for what we consider to be the best long term decisions/risks for our own bodies...</p><p></p><p>Much more civilized nowadays. We have also had the introduction of intermittent fasting, widespread T2 self testing (on here, at least) and the Newcastle Diet, so it isn't just Carb or Low Carb, there are a lot of different options now, and people can actually self-test to discover what works for their body. Astonishing progress has been made.</p><p></p><p>- And I think this is what has made the snowball grow slowly as it rolls downhill. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>For decades people were told 'I'm a doc and I'm telling you to eat carbs and pop pills'. No one had a clue that those carbs were spiking them to the ceiling, and causing damage with every mouthful.</p><p></p><p>But now self testing can be self funded for T2s, and suddenly they can see what those carbs are doing to their blood glucose.</p><p>and this is (IMHO) the thing that has made the most difference. Even 5 years ago, self funding testing for T2s was a rarity. Now it is one of the first things suggested to a new forum member. </p><p></p><p>Don't underestimate how far things have moved. I find it astonishingly heartening. It is just a pity that for most of the 30+ years I have been watching, T2s have been let down by misinformation. Times are really changing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1324398, member: 41816"] I know the current situation seems incredible and bizarre, and the lower carbing view just common sense for T2s, but you may not realise how far things have already come. My low carbing started about 33 years ago, when I discovered a small, privately published book on hypoglycaemia in the health section of a book shop. It made such a difference to my 17 yr old existence, that I haven't eaten 'standard' carbs since. But back in those days, the term Low Carb didn't exist. No one even knew what a carb was. No one had a clue. It was like being the only person on the planet who wasn't eating normally. Since then, we have had The Hay Diet, Montignac, Atkins, South Beach, Dukan, [URL="http://www.bloodsugar101.com"]www.bloodsugar101.com[/URL] , [URL="http://www.dietdoctor.com"]www.dietdoctor.com[/URL] 5:2, Fung's Intensive Dietary Management, New Atkins, Bernstein, the Cholesterol Myth, etc. etc. and average people recognise the word 'carb' as actually meaning something. Even health professionals know what people mean when they say Low Carb - even if they hate and reject it as an option. Now (at last!!!) there are places like this, blogs, recipes, facebook groups, Public Health Collaboration UK, you tube lectures, Cereal Killers (film), people interviewing and running N=1 studies on themselves and blogging and You Tubing their results... media coverage, actual studies that have been conducted to a standard people find difficult to reject... though of course they try. lol. Even this forum changes rapidly. I first signed up to it maybe 5-6 years ago, and gave up almost immediately. The amount of Low Carb crushing and even bullying that went on was astonishing, and the Low Carbers used to feel so victimised and so repressed that they lashed out in retaliation - and I wanted no part of it. Some of it was really nasty. Two years later I tried again, and found that people had stopped shouting down low carbing. There is still a lot of discussion, but there is so much evidence nowadays, that we can all make up our own minds and go for what we consider to be the best long term decisions/risks for our own bodies... Much more civilized nowadays. We have also had the introduction of intermittent fasting, widespread T2 self testing (on here, at least) and the Newcastle Diet, so it isn't just Carb or Low Carb, there are a lot of different options now, and people can actually self-test to discover what works for their body. Astonishing progress has been made. - And I think this is what has made the snowball grow slowly as it rolls downhill. :) For decades people were told 'I'm a doc and I'm telling you to eat carbs and pop pills'. No one had a clue that those carbs were spiking them to the ceiling, and causing damage with every mouthful. But now self testing can be self funded for T2s, and suddenly they can see what those carbs are doing to their blood glucose. and this is (IMHO) the thing that has made the most difference. Even 5 years ago, self funding testing for T2s was a rarity. Now it is one of the first things suggested to a new forum member. Don't underestimate how far things have moved. I find it astonishingly heartening. It is just a pity that for most of the 30+ years I have been watching, T2s have been let down by misinformation. Times are really changing. [/QUOTE]
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