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Hi Folks.
I had this sent to me this morning. I was asked to comment on it on the forum. I have an idea where it came from and wouldn't normally comment but quite frankly I laughed at this post from elsewhere until I realised that the person who posted this is advising other Diabetic's. So lets look at it shall we ?
Entitled: We are all different ?
So often when looking around diabetes forums I see comments such as "we are all different, or there is no one size fits all". In my opinion that's a cop out.
What's so wrong with those comments. Why is it in the words of the poster, "a cop out ?" We ARE all different. Walk down any street and you see a multitude of different sized, different shaped, different height, different widths people from all sections of the Community. Certainly in those cases...there is definitely 'no one size fits all !' Imagine everybody trying to fit into the same size clothes !! Obviously this person really means in Diabetic terms. Well, even Diabetic's come in all shapes and sizes. Hasn't the poster noticed. Some Diabetic's are T1, some T2 and all the other shades of Diabetes. Their metabolism works in similar but quite often different ways. So I don't quite understand the problem over the statements " we are all different" and "there is no one size fits all" Maybe I'm missing something here..
All type two diabetics on none or minimal meds, need to cut the carbs big time, and that's a fact.
A FACT. Really, who says so ? I agree that SOME may need to reduce carbohydrates to achieve better control, but ALL type 2 Diabetic's on none or minimal meds ? Surely not. That's a sweeping statement if ever I heard one, and with no basis in fact. Just a hypothesis, nothing proven, nothing factual. We have members on here who achieve excellent Bg control without 'cutting carbs big time.' Each and every one of them IS different though.
For type one's the less the carbs. the less the insulin and the greater the control. Low GI, portion control, you name it, but the fact is, all carbs. turn to sugar, and sugar is the last thing a diabetic needs.
Again, we have many Type 1's who have excellent control without worrying about carbs, without worrying about Insulin. Cut the carbs, cut the Insulin, everything is perfect. It's not quite as simple as that.Oh, and yes I think most Diabetic's know what sugars or carbs do to their Bg levels, at least the ones on this forum do. Some need to take the Insulin because of other medical conditions which affect their Bg levels. They don't have any choice in what they do. SOME reduce carbs and Insulin but each and every one of them IS very different.
Does an alcoholic get treated with more booze, or a drug addict with more heroin, no way. How can a diabetic be told to eat starchy carbs. with every meal, only a lunatic would advise that route.
All very profound, all very wrong. The advice given out to Diabetic's by the NHS and DUK is flawed, it needs to address other things. I too go along with the reduction of carbohydrates CAN mean better control for SOME Diabetic's. Now, as we ARE all different it doesn't mean ALL of us need to reduce carbs to the levels advocated by some. I can eat starchy carbs if I wish to, I control portion sizes just so that I can eat some of the things that others think are poison. I can eat more than some other Diabetic's I know. So telling somebody to eat some more starchy carbs might, because of some medical condition, something in their particular make up MIGHT be the right thing to do.
You see we are all different AND one size doesn't fit all ! Maybe I'm a lunatic. Looks like I'm in good company :lol:
Just a thought....... :wink: Any comments ?
I had this sent to me this morning. I was asked to comment on it on the forum. I have an idea where it came from and wouldn't normally comment but quite frankly I laughed at this post from elsewhere until I realised that the person who posted this is advising other Diabetic's. So lets look at it shall we ?
Entitled: We are all different ?
So often when looking around diabetes forums I see comments such as "we are all different, or there is no one size fits all". In my opinion that's a cop out.
What's so wrong with those comments. Why is it in the words of the poster, "a cop out ?" We ARE all different. Walk down any street and you see a multitude of different sized, different shaped, different height, different widths people from all sections of the Community. Certainly in those cases...there is definitely 'no one size fits all !' Imagine everybody trying to fit into the same size clothes !! Obviously this person really means in Diabetic terms. Well, even Diabetic's come in all shapes and sizes. Hasn't the poster noticed. Some Diabetic's are T1, some T2 and all the other shades of Diabetes. Their metabolism works in similar but quite often different ways. So I don't quite understand the problem over the statements " we are all different" and "there is no one size fits all" Maybe I'm missing something here..
All type two diabetics on none or minimal meds, need to cut the carbs big time, and that's a fact.
A FACT. Really, who says so ? I agree that SOME may need to reduce carbohydrates to achieve better control, but ALL type 2 Diabetic's on none or minimal meds ? Surely not. That's a sweeping statement if ever I heard one, and with no basis in fact. Just a hypothesis, nothing proven, nothing factual. We have members on here who achieve excellent Bg control without 'cutting carbs big time.' Each and every one of them IS different though.
For type one's the less the carbs. the less the insulin and the greater the control. Low GI, portion control, you name it, but the fact is, all carbs. turn to sugar, and sugar is the last thing a diabetic needs.
Again, we have many Type 1's who have excellent control without worrying about carbs, without worrying about Insulin. Cut the carbs, cut the Insulin, everything is perfect. It's not quite as simple as that.Oh, and yes I think most Diabetic's know what sugars or carbs do to their Bg levels, at least the ones on this forum do. Some need to take the Insulin because of other medical conditions which affect their Bg levels. They don't have any choice in what they do. SOME reduce carbs and Insulin but each and every one of them IS very different.
Does an alcoholic get treated with more booze, or a drug addict with more heroin, no way. How can a diabetic be told to eat starchy carbs. with every meal, only a lunatic would advise that route.
All very profound, all very wrong. The advice given out to Diabetic's by the NHS and DUK is flawed, it needs to address other things. I too go along with the reduction of carbohydrates CAN mean better control for SOME Diabetic's. Now, as we ARE all different it doesn't mean ALL of us need to reduce carbs to the levels advocated by some. I can eat starchy carbs if I wish to, I control portion sizes just so that I can eat some of the things that others think are poison. I can eat more than some other Diabetic's I know. So telling somebody to eat some more starchy carbs might, because of some medical condition, something in their particular make up MIGHT be the right thing to do.
You see we are all different AND one size doesn't fit all ! Maybe I'm a lunatic. Looks like I'm in good company :lol:
Just a thought....... :wink: Any comments ?