If anyone has been more critical of d. co.uk than me, I would be amazed. What went wrong, and why, has been extensively covered on this blog. The forum is back to being a fantastic resource, especially for the newly diagnosed, and long term poorly controlled. The forum is back to having a level playing field. Benedict has done a great job turning the forum around, and the moderators, moderate and do not set the agenda. The forum has helped countless people, myself included, and many of my diabetic friends.
It’s no secret, the NHS dietary advice, for most diabetics, is at best poor, and at worst criminal. Type two medications and drugs, are being withheld from prescription or banned. Test strips are becoming ever harder to get prescribed for type two’s, and now we hear of type one’s free issue test strips being severely reduced. The NHS as we know it, will soon be a thing of the past. The epidemics of diabetes and it’s often linked obesity, will only get worse. Never, has it been more important, for diabetics, who have achieved good, safe and stable control, to spread the word. If you have achieved weight loss, non diabetic BG numbers, and vastly improved lipids, it’s a fair bet, you were helped by a forum or a blog. If that is the case, repay what others have done for you, by playing your part in the fight, against stupidity, out of date information, and the greed of big Pharma and junk food companies. There can be no finer example than the forum post below.
Eddie
Posted Feb 5th 9.02 am
“Hi all and a late Happy new year,
I'm still on low carb, bs average 5.8...6.2, my last hab1c was 4.8, down from 7.4, which gp said that was fantastic, also chols, 6.8, which has also dropped, and i take no stats (i refuse to),and I have lost 23kg, (boy thats 3st ..more), in 12mths which nurse said was worth a merit badge.
All in all am feeling much healthier, and fitter, all thanks to advice and imformation on this site,and just accept it now and get on with life.”
Please check out our website www.lowcarbdiabetic.co.uk We created and maintain this site without any help from anyone else. In doing so, we do not receive direct or indirect funding from anyone. We do not accept money or favours to manipulate the evidence in any way. Please visit our Low Carb food and recipe blog www.lowcarbdietsandrecipes.blogspot.com
3 comments:
Good post Eddie I love the recipes and links. Stop wasting your time with fools. More recipes please.
Anne
Yes it's far better place since the recent troubles were resolved, debate is no longer being stifled by heavy handed moderators. Members are now free to voice their opinions without fear of censure.
I'm happy to be back posting there! thanks guys.
What we have now is a level playing field, the days when cugila/canute ruled the roost in a despotic way are thankfully over.
The only ones that rue his departure are those we described as the clique, as they were kennys cohorts they had free rein to do as they pleased, whilst the ordinary members as kenny patronisingly called them had to toe the line or else.
The clique are the ones that can't hack it, as a unit they could bully and ridicule members with the full support of some of the mods, were are they now! skulkiing at tubs blog still ridiculing forum members, but of course hiding behind the cowardly anonymous tag.
Graham
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