hanadr
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On Monday, I went up to Diabetes Uk in London, to work on the new on-line tool. I think it will be good once it's up and running and I'll keep people informed.
As usual, lunch was wraps or filled rolls. I ate the fillings and the bottom of 1 roll with an eggy something on. I couldn't easily get the egg without the roll!
One of the other committee members commented that I'm still eating low carb. I stood up to show him that it's doing me no harm. Another member told me that his hospital clinic doctor "went balistic", when he was low carbing and told him that "they" had done an in depth study which proved that low carbing causes depression,in ALL patients, which never goes away.
I've traced 1 UK study on low carbing, which was done for weight loss and the test subjects were all women who suffered from depression. There's a similar study from Australia, which adds that more work needs to be done on low-carbing when it's used to control diabetes.
The science of these studies seems Ok, but how could a doctor conclude that the diet caused depression, when the patients were selected for their depressive tendencies?
It looks like qanother case of the medical profession trying to prevent self-management. I think they often do this unconsciously. Some medics don't want patients to take on responsibility for themselves, despite NICE saying they should.
Hana
PS apparently, according to the 'balistic' doctor, some glucose goes straight to the brain without raising BG. Who got that wrong, I can't guess: was it the doctor or the diabetic who told me about it?
As usual, lunch was wraps or filled rolls. I ate the fillings and the bottom of 1 roll with an eggy something on. I couldn't easily get the egg without the roll!
One of the other committee members commented that I'm still eating low carb. I stood up to show him that it's doing me no harm. Another member told me that his hospital clinic doctor "went balistic", when he was low carbing and told him that "they" had done an in depth study which proved that low carbing causes depression,in ALL patients, which never goes away.
I've traced 1 UK study on low carbing, which was done for weight loss and the test subjects were all women who suffered from depression. There's a similar study from Australia, which adds that more work needs to be done on low-carbing when it's used to control diabetes.
The science of these studies seems Ok, but how could a doctor conclude that the diet caused depression, when the patients were selected for their depressive tendencies?
It looks like qanother case of the medical profession trying to prevent self-management. I think they often do this unconsciously. Some medics don't want patients to take on responsibility for themselves, despite NICE saying they should.
Hana
PS apparently, according to the 'balistic' doctor, some glucose goes straight to the brain without raising BG. Who got that wrong, I can't guess: was it the doctor or the diabetic who told me about it?