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You can't go LCHF if you're on insulin?

Spiker said:
Over and above that of course is the question of whether attempting to live the normal carb rich diet is good for the health of T1s. A real choice requires information, and we are not being given that information by the NHS to make a proper choice. The assumption is we want the normal diet, but we are not given the right education even to manage that, much less are we given an informed choice, even less are we supported to carry out all the alternatives. It's one size fits all, and fits badly.
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Actually, the assumption (of the NHS/NICE) isn't just that we want the "normal" diet. Let's not kid ourselves this is a "patient choice" issue for the NHS. The operating assumption is that we are incapable of doing anything else other than follow the "normal" (non diabetic, higher carb) diet. And that even giving us some options or information will only scare us, stress us out, and make us feel like failures. The NHS prescribes the normal diet because of an uncommunicated assumption that we diabetics are incapable of making the necessary changes in our diet. Literally not even to save our lives. :-(
 
Spiker said:
Actually, the assumption (of the NHS/NICE) isn't just that we want the "normal" diet. Let's not kid ourselves this is a "patient choice" issue for the NHS. The operating assumption is that we are incapable of doing anything else other than follow the "normal" (non diabetic, higher carb) diet. And that even giving us some options or information will only scare us, stress us out, and make us feel like failures. The NHS prescribes the normal diet because of an uncommunicated assumption that we diabetics are incapable of making the necessary changes in our diet. Literally not even to save our lives. :-(
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Well said!
Although a T2, my attitude is "Don't ASSUME, you can make an ASS of U, just don't try to make an ass of ME!"
 
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