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<blockquote data-quote="Eilean13" data-source="post: 248466" data-attributes="member: 31318"><p>Having followed this thread I'm not sure if my twopennorth is related but here goes... I went on a Desmond course last week, which was ok but, I felt, quite limited in the information supplied in a beautiful plastic binder to take away. One of the ice breakers was to say what caused T2. The two specialist facilitators concluded it was due to obesity. That might be their simplistic opinion.</p><p></p><p>The focus was largely on sugar intake with respect to dietary guidelines with another exercise being to estimate how many sugar cubes were in certain types of food. Quite interesting if that's what rocks your boat. There was mention about needing to control portion sizes but no guidance given. A handful of something obviously differs if you have hands like mine which are as big as shovels! There was mention made of the need to eat a good level of starchy carbs, nothing said about managing quantities of carbs or guidelines as to how much was a good level.</p><p></p><p>The two very pleasant nurses who led the day were allegedly up to date with the latest information, we were told, so I just give up.</p><p></p><p>One good thing was that I was given the results of my initial Hba test and on the sheet my cholesterol level was low 4's so I feel quite justified in having refused the statins, for now.</p><p></p><p>Not sure if the course was a good thing or a bad thing. I had to laugh when one rather generously sized gentleman said his DSN had told him if he wanted to each a cream cake it was okay as it would stop him craving them ..........</p><p></p><p>Diane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eilean13, post: 248466, member: 31318"] Having followed this thread I'm not sure if my twopennorth is related but here goes... I went on a Desmond course last week, which was ok but, I felt, quite limited in the information supplied in a beautiful plastic binder to take away. One of the ice breakers was to say what caused T2. The two specialist facilitators concluded it was due to obesity. That might be their simplistic opinion. The focus was largely on sugar intake with respect to dietary guidelines with another exercise being to estimate how many sugar cubes were in certain types of food. Quite interesting if that's what rocks your boat. There was mention about needing to control portion sizes but no guidance given. A handful of something obviously differs if you have hands like mine which are as big as shovels! There was mention made of the need to eat a good level of starchy carbs, nothing said about managing quantities of carbs or guidelines as to how much was a good level. The two very pleasant nurses who led the day were allegedly up to date with the latest information, we were told, so I just give up. One good thing was that I was given the results of my initial Hba test and on the sheet my cholesterol level was low 4's so I feel quite justified in having refused the statins, for now. Not sure if the course was a good thing or a bad thing. I had to laugh when one rather generously sized gentleman said his DSN had told him if he wanted to each a cream cake it was okay as it would stop him craving them .......... Diane [/QUOTE]
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