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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2505164" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>He is not currently registered as a practising doctor, but he is entitled to use the title since he graduated as such. My son is a Dr. too, but his is purely an academic title.</p><p></p><p>The change from real food to shakes shows that although the condition has not changed its spots, the target audience has. Modern living is breeding a tribe of people who demand instant answers. T2 Remission, web browsing clickbait easy living. Quick Fix It used to be people living off canned foods, then the froxrn ready meal came and then TV dinners. The weight loss market is similar. Gone from calorie counting to meal replacement in a box. Just add water ( I did see someone marketed Instant Water by the way) As you point out, we are no longer teaching domestic science or cookery and we now have supermsrkets selling meal kits and weekly meal planners based on deliveries as advertised on the TV or Facebook.</p><p></p><p>There is a school of thought that we should use the GI and GL data to assist in our control of bgl levels. It is a valid technique to reduce spikes, but it still produces the same glucose so is not a fix IMO. I use it myself sometimes but my main weapon is Low Carb anyway. </p><p></p><p>I have not seen much in the way of science studies that show whether it is spikes or overall glucose load that causes the damage. I.e. is a spike of 10 mmol/l for 15 minutes worse than a general level of 8 mmol/l for most of the day? Does the spike pump more glucose into the red blood cells and have worse effect on HbA1c or does the fasting level being high cause more problems for the heart and kidneys? Food for thought. (the brain stops working without food)</p><p></p><p>Edit to add: one problem with using GI control is that it can lead to a false sense of security in that it drops the post meal reading so it looks like things are under good control. You can easily fool yourself and the GP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 2505164, member: 196898"] He is not currently registered as a practising doctor, but he is entitled to use the title since he graduated as such. My son is a Dr. too, but his is purely an academic title. The change from real food to shakes shows that although the condition has not changed its spots, the target audience has. Modern living is breeding a tribe of people who demand instant answers. T2 Remission, web browsing clickbait easy living. Quick Fix It used to be people living off canned foods, then the froxrn ready meal came and then TV dinners. The weight loss market is similar. Gone from calorie counting to meal replacement in a box. Just add water ( I did see someone marketed Instant Water by the way) As you point out, we are no longer teaching domestic science or cookery and we now have supermsrkets selling meal kits and weekly meal planners based on deliveries as advertised on the TV or Facebook. There is a school of thought that we should use the GI and GL data to assist in our control of bgl levels. It is a valid technique to reduce spikes, but it still produces the same glucose so is not a fix IMO. I use it myself sometimes but my main weapon is Low Carb anyway. I have not seen much in the way of science studies that show whether it is spikes or overall glucose load that causes the damage. I.e. is a spike of 10 mmol/l for 15 minutes worse than a general level of 8 mmol/l for most of the day? Does the spike pump more glucose into the red blood cells and have worse effect on HbA1c or does the fasting level being high cause more problems for the heart and kidneys? Food for thought. (the brain stops working without food) Edit to add: one problem with using GI control is that it can lead to a false sense of security in that it drops the post meal reading so it looks like things are under good control. You can easily fool yourself and the GP. [/QUOTE]
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