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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1534070" data-attributes="member: 41816">I'm not sure how much carb is optimum for someone with normal blood glucose and normal insulin responses.  Not sure anyone does, actually.  Probably not as much as in the current Eatwell guidelines, but a large chunk of the population seem to tolerate it OK.  The human race is nothing if not omnivorous and adaptible - hence our proliferation and survival.I'm all for people (anyone) adopting Low Carb if they want to, and if it suits them, but I would be strongly against LC being promoted as the only/primary option for diabetics, even type 2s.  I think that would be just as unhelpful as having the Eatwell promoted as the only/primary option.We should get choices - informed choices.Although of course that requires knowledge and understanding in the staff offering these suggestions, and willingness to change in the patients receiving the information - which is often not available.  Plus, the cost of training staff in comparisons between low cal, low carb, fasting, low fat, high anything...</blockquote>

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