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<blockquote data-quote="Sulasailor" data-source="post: 1879561" data-attributes="member: 328933"><p>Doctors (GPs) receive very little training on nutrition. My story was of worsening T2 diabetes and cardiac issues with three stents. After a third bout of unstable angina, I was referred to a different Consultant who them upped my cardiac drugs rather than stent. Nutritional advice was standard NHS low fat 40% carbs at each meal. I worked out for myself that as diabetes was the root of my heart problems it had to be dealt with first. It also occurred to me that to eat high levels of carbs, which convert to glucose, was nonsensical for a diabetic. GPs I asked said the typical course for my progressive diabetes was to increase my metformin dosage, their dietary advice amounted to phrases like, ‘be careful with your diet and little more. One GP having confirmed my age said ‘just enjoy yourself ‘. Three years later having adopted a low carb diet I had lost over 30lbs and my a1c was below 40. My next visit to my GP was to stop matformin, my GP shook my hand and said ‘well done’. My DN who was dubious about my low carb diet and placed me on shorter intervals of monitoring now calls me her star patient. The worst blow was to be denied strips to measure my BS due to new health board policy. My protestations went unheeded, but a new GP with more progressive attitude whilst unable to prescribe strips did ask me to act as a low carb diet advocate for the practice and is currently educating herself on LCHF. </p><p></p><p>The message is slowly getting through but GPs need educating by whatever means. There is irrefutable evidence of the benefits of LCHF diets. I now read relevant medical study reports in subject and follow Zoe Harcomb and Ivor Cummings on YouTube. My conclusion is LCHF combats the epidemic of obesity caused by insulin resistance which is the cause of many chronic diseases not just diabetes. Other issues are that a high proportion of our population are at risk from deficiencies in vital minerals like vitamin D, K2 and magnesium. Official Dietary advice is ruled by dogma and commercial interests. </p><p></p><p>The world needs too wake up to the dietary damage being done to populations health . It has been said that Curent policy is leading to an extinction event. I won’t go into the poisoning of crops by Monsanto and the use of their product ‘Round Up’ it’s frightening, Just Google Stephanie Sereff on that issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sulasailor, post: 1879561, member: 328933"] Doctors (GPs) receive very little training on nutrition. My story was of worsening T2 diabetes and cardiac issues with three stents. After a third bout of unstable angina, I was referred to a different Consultant who them upped my cardiac drugs rather than stent. Nutritional advice was standard NHS low fat 40% carbs at each meal. I worked out for myself that as diabetes was the root of my heart problems it had to be dealt with first. It also occurred to me that to eat high levels of carbs, which convert to glucose, was nonsensical for a diabetic. GPs I asked said the typical course for my progressive diabetes was to increase my metformin dosage, their dietary advice amounted to phrases like, ‘be careful with your diet and little more. One GP having confirmed my age said ‘just enjoy yourself ‘. Three years later having adopted a low carb diet I had lost over 30lbs and my a1c was below 40. My next visit to my GP was to stop matformin, my GP shook my hand and said ‘well done’. My DN who was dubious about my low carb diet and placed me on shorter intervals of monitoring now calls me her star patient. The worst blow was to be denied strips to measure my BS due to new health board policy. My protestations went unheeded, but a new GP with more progressive attitude whilst unable to prescribe strips did ask me to act as a low carb diet advocate for the practice and is currently educating herself on LCHF. The message is slowly getting through but GPs need educating by whatever means. There is irrefutable evidence of the benefits of LCHF diets. I now read relevant medical study reports in subject and follow Zoe Harcomb and Ivor Cummings on YouTube. My conclusion is LCHF combats the epidemic of obesity caused by insulin resistance which is the cause of many chronic diseases not just diabetes. Other issues are that a high proportion of our population are at risk from deficiencies in vital minerals like vitamin D, K2 and magnesium. Official Dietary advice is ruled by dogma and commercial interests. The world needs too wake up to the dietary damage being done to populations health . It has been said that Curent policy is leading to an extinction event. I won’t go into the poisoning of crops by Monsanto and the use of their product ‘Round Up’ it’s frightening, Just Google Stephanie Sereff on that issue. [/QUOTE]
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