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<blockquote data-quote="dipsydo" data-source="post: 2198839" data-attributes="member: 371312"><p>Maybe people should not carp as at least they are looking at different options and by it very nature 800 calories has to be reasonably low carb each drink is about 20 carbs ( per internet) so that is 60 carbs a day .</p><p></p><p>What I thought was so disappointing was that this is now a mandated NHS treatment so if the person wants to try it and the doctor agrees then the 8 weeks of diet drinks by implication be as a prescription ( the the presenter asked this question and the professor said it was a NHS treatment ) so quite a cost to NHS . I know we are all different and I know that low carb is not for everyone , but if instead a person did a low carb and was given a meter and strips for the same 8 weeks I would bet the cost of the strips would not be very different . I would think that after 8 weeks most people would have enough data to work out which carbs were bad for them and which they tolerated and then the ongoing need for strips would be much less .</p><p></p><p>What I do not understand why the NHS does not do a large study of newly diagnosed giving people given the option of say </p><p></p><p>Low carb plus strips or </p><p>Low carb without strips or </p><p>Medication with advice or </p><p>The 800 diet. </p><p></p><p>It would need a follow up to be done over a reasonable amount of time to see how people are able to maintain the lower blood sugars. It would mean that NHS have data to show what is effective rather than hearsay.</p><p></p><p>However I suspect this will not happen but maybe one can hope</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dipsydo, post: 2198839, member: 371312"] Maybe people should not carp as at least they are looking at different options and by it very nature 800 calories has to be reasonably low carb each drink is about 20 carbs ( per internet) so that is 60 carbs a day . What I thought was so disappointing was that this is now a mandated NHS treatment so if the person wants to try it and the doctor agrees then the 8 weeks of diet drinks by implication be as a prescription ( the the presenter asked this question and the professor said it was a NHS treatment ) so quite a cost to NHS . I know we are all different and I know that low carb is not for everyone , but if instead a person did a low carb and was given a meter and strips for the same 8 weeks I would bet the cost of the strips would not be very different . I would think that after 8 weeks most people would have enough data to work out which carbs were bad for them and which they tolerated and then the ongoing need for strips would be much less . What I do not understand why the NHS does not do a large study of newly diagnosed giving people given the option of say Low carb plus strips or Low carb without strips or Medication with advice or The 800 diet. It would need a follow up to be done over a reasonable amount of time to see how people are able to maintain the lower blood sugars. It would mean that NHS have data to show what is effective rather than hearsay. However I suspect this will not happen but maybe one can hope [/QUOTE]
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