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Dyezeegal

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In the Daily Express today I read that new research says diabetics should shun meat and dairy products. I am newly diagnosed and am now about to change diet for a third time in a month. If it grows in or on the ground or in trees I will eat it. Plus fish oil tablets and multi vitamin pills. No more oliy fish or skimmed milk. Soon I will be afraid to eat at all! Why do much conflicting advice?


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you shouldnt listen to the Daily express. its not known for acuracty or good advice. Stick to what you learn on here and you'll do ok.
 
Far from it. Meat (depending on how it is prepared) has relatively minor amounts of carbs/sugars. Proteins and fats, yes; and that's fine. Oils and fats will slow gluc absorption but that's about it. As for dairy products; again, it depends how they're prepared. Milk fine but a yog (depending on the type) will, in comparison, have more sugar. As for things like eggs, eat away lol

The media hype up lots of **** to be fair. Some jobs worth wanting to write a hard-line story. There is a thread on the forum atm that demos the silly things people some out with reg diabetes; some actually quite dangerous (e.g. for hypos give insulin; err NO NO NO)
 
Put it this way, I was a vegetarian when I got diabetes, on a so called healthy diet. I tried to carry on being a veggie, but it was so hard.
Pulses e.g. lentils and beans just made my blood sugar shoot up. I ended up being starving and depressed while still trying to be ethical.
I'm afraid my health came first. I know there a few on here who carried on being vegetarian, well done them.
Dose of common sense when it comes to reading papers, do the research and don't believe them.
 
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