Hi. Has anyone else read their Balance Magazine which I received today. Despite the recent debacle in the media about carbs little seems to have been learned by DUK. A few quotes:
In the 'Let's get physical' supplement: Quote "The healthy, balanced diet recommended for people with diabetes is also the diet recommended for highly active people and athletes". What? The article then goes on to talk about eating plenty of starchy carbs and so on, assuming that you have good sugar control (wouldn't it be nice!) and hence need to avoid hypos. I think a T1 is assumed but a new T2 reading it could be mis-led.
In the main mag P18 letters page someone quite rightly challenges the amount of added sugar in the recipes section. The Ed replies "....However, people with diabetes can still include sugar in their diet". Not, methinks, if you are a T2 struggling to keep your Hba1c below 7.0%; the situation many of us find ourselves in. No wonder the National Audit report referred to in another thread today highlights how few patients achive the <7.5% target Hba1C.
When are these guys going to understand what T2 diabetes is really about.
In the 'Let's get physical' supplement: Quote "The healthy, balanced diet recommended for people with diabetes is also the diet recommended for highly active people and athletes". What? The article then goes on to talk about eating plenty of starchy carbs and so on, assuming that you have good sugar control (wouldn't it be nice!) and hence need to avoid hypos. I think a T1 is assumed but a new T2 reading it could be mis-led.
In the main mag P18 letters page someone quite rightly challenges the amount of added sugar in the recipes section. The Ed replies "....However, people with diabetes can still include sugar in their diet". Not, methinks, if you are a T2 struggling to keep your Hba1c below 7.0%; the situation many of us find ourselves in. No wonder the National Audit report referred to in another thread today highlights how few patients achive the <7.5% target Hba1C.
When are these guys going to understand what T2 diabetes is really about.
