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- Type of diabetes
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The bars might be the diarrhoea culprit. Check for maltitol in the ingredients. It’s a common side effect and they might affect your blood sugars too despite claiming not to. Try dropping them for now
Print off the food lists, or copy them out from dietdoctor as a quick ready reckoner of what to eat. Pick a couple of fats for cooking (I use butter and olive oil and occasionally coconut oil). Avoid marg and oils like vegetable, sunflower etc. Avoid processed foods where most trans fats lurk. Keep it simple til you get your head around it. Read the labels or look up carb content to find out if you can eat something or not. If you’re really still worried focus on the “Mediterranean “ fats eg oily fish nuts and olive oils that the dr will approve of.
Did your carer really understand xpert anyway ? Sounds like an excuse to me. Did you provide a list of what to shop for? Maybe that would help.
What medically proven studies have you been directed to that convince you of the xpert and low fat ways? There are numberous that support what we all keep telling They are out there. This forum has many links posted daily. You’ve had a fair number in this and other posts. Go look again at Zoe harcombe or Ivor Cummings. At the end of the day there is little in medicine or nutrition that is universally accepted by all. Look at the studies personally or believe someone’s ‘opinion’ of them (us in here, a nurse, a dr or a different nurse or dr as they all vary) its a choice we all have to make.
At review just tell them for now you’re focusing on fresh unprocessed foods without sugar and reducing the bread rice pasta etc and using healthy fats like olive oil. Ok you might be doing a little more than that but if you aren’t ready to have that argument yet then don’t. Wait and see what results it brings you in 3 months time (next hb1ac).
Print off the food lists, or copy them out from dietdoctor as a quick ready reckoner of what to eat. Pick a couple of fats for cooking (I use butter and olive oil and occasionally coconut oil). Avoid marg and oils like vegetable, sunflower etc. Avoid processed foods where most trans fats lurk. Keep it simple til you get your head around it. Read the labels or look up carb content to find out if you can eat something or not. If you’re really still worried focus on the “Mediterranean “ fats eg oily fish nuts and olive oils that the dr will approve of.
Did your carer really understand xpert anyway ? Sounds like an excuse to me. Did you provide a list of what to shop for? Maybe that would help.
What medically proven studies have you been directed to that convince you of the xpert and low fat ways? There are numberous that support what we all keep telling They are out there. This forum has many links posted daily. You’ve had a fair number in this and other posts. Go look again at Zoe harcombe or Ivor Cummings. At the end of the day there is little in medicine or nutrition that is universally accepted by all. Look at the studies personally or believe someone’s ‘opinion’ of them (us in here, a nurse, a dr or a different nurse or dr as they all vary) its a choice we all have to make.
At review just tell them for now you’re focusing on fresh unprocessed foods without sugar and reducing the bread rice pasta etc and using healthy fats like olive oil. Ok you might be doing a little more than that but if you aren’t ready to have that argument yet then don’t. Wait and see what results it brings you in 3 months time (next hb1ac).