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<blockquote data-quote="MrsMurray" data-source="post: 213020" data-attributes="member: 36739"><p>It looks as though you had a different experience to me on your Xpert course. I did one Feb 2009, so it seems things have moved on re lower carb diets and much more.</p><p></p><p>The advice about testing was: test in the morning, but not every day and then only again if your BG is too high or low. We were told to go to GP if BG was too high - I asked how people would know if they were hardly ever testing. Most of the people on the course had trouble getting enough strips from their GP.</p><p></p><p>Many of the folk there found the course informative and went away with more idea about nutrition than they came with (which I guess is one of the aims). However, the dietry advice was interesting. In the literature, it stated that diabetics should aim for 150g carbs a day. This, and any reference to eating any less than the 300-400 DUK recommendations were quickly glossed over, and in fact, the DUK recommendations were repeated quite often, like a mantra. </p><p>The demonstrations of portion sizes went down well. Interestingly, the suggested portion sizes of carbs would take folk well over the 150g carbs per day in the daily diets which were being discussed. I could keep a count after excelling at the 'let's guess the carbs in these photos of foods'. </p><p>I found the whole idea of the course very useful. I still look at the literature from time to time as they had good nutritional tables in there - but overall came away wondering more about the contradictions between the advice given by the trained professionals running the course and the printed material.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrsMurray, post: 213020, member: 36739"] It looks as though you had a different experience to me on your Xpert course. I did one Feb 2009, so it seems things have moved on re lower carb diets and much more. The advice about testing was: test in the morning, but not every day and then only again if your BG is too high or low. We were told to go to GP if BG was too high - I asked how people would know if they were hardly ever testing. Most of the people on the course had trouble getting enough strips from their GP. Many of the folk there found the course informative and went away with more idea about nutrition than they came with (which I guess is one of the aims). However, the dietry advice was interesting. In the literature, it stated that diabetics should aim for 150g carbs a day. This, and any reference to eating any less than the 300-400 DUK recommendations were quickly glossed over, and in fact, the DUK recommendations were repeated quite often, like a mantra. The demonstrations of portion sizes went down well. Interestingly, the suggested portion sizes of carbs would take folk well over the 150g carbs per day in the daily diets which were being discussed. I could keep a count after excelling at the 'let's guess the carbs in these photos of foods'. I found the whole idea of the course very useful. I still look at the literature from time to time as they had good nutritional tables in there - but overall came away wondering more about the contradictions between the advice given by the trained professionals running the course and the printed material. [/QUOTE]
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