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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neoncat" data-source="post: 1571202" data-attributes="member: 397089"><p>When I was first diagnosed and very scared, and very alone in the hospital, Diabetes UK were there for me in a way that no one else was. They gave me the information and support my overworked DSN simply didn't have the time to give me. And later when I went through a phase of burn out they were there for me again.  And both times they came to me rather than me having to search them out.  They run workshops,  go into schools, run holiday camps, support research and provide literature all of which costs money. Everyone here seems to be under the impression that they are part of a global conspiracy with Tesco (who by the way will be quite as happy to sell you a pack of bacon instead of a loaf of bread as long as it comes from them), to keep diabetes going. But food companies sponsor studies about the impact of food for the same reason drug companies sponsor events talking about the conditions they treat because they are the ones who are interested and have something to potentially gain.  We need to ensure the right safe guards are in place to ensure interest doesn't turn into influence and I am certainly not pretending that line is never crossed or danced too closely too but let me ask the question that is always ignored: how else do you propose this stuff should be paid for? I don't see Halfords lining up to sponsor a study into anything diabetes related any time soon (no offence to Halfords).  They may not whole heartedly recommended the treatment regime you favour and they may not be perfect but they do a lot of good and are not the cackling monsters people here are making then out to be.  If they disappeared tomorrow we would be in a worse state for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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