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Friday 28 August 2015

UK Dietitians no fans of Dr. Aseem Malhotra

Long timers on the UK diabetes forum scene will no doubt remember the staunchly anti low carb dietitian known as Chris Cashin aka Ally5555. Low carbing diabetics faced scurvy, osteoporosis, bowel disorders and worse according to Cashin. Well the thick end of seven years on she is still defending the gospel according to the Eat Well Plate and kicking anyone who dares to criticise the failed dogma of the BDA and their ilk. Recently the dietitian I nick named sister scurvy was re tweeting BDA Chairperson Catherine Collins as you can see below. Some may remember my posts a few months ago referring to a twitter conversation I had with Collins, where she admitted the BDA have no dietary recommendations of their own. Evidently they just push the recommendations of Diabetes UK the diabetes charity.

If the BDA did not ooze such total arrogance, I might have some empathy for them, let's face it, what other so called 'professionals' have to live with such a high failure rate? Imagine a pilot that crashed his plane almost every-time he flies or a cab driver that junked his taxi three times a day. How would you answer that sort failure rate in your profession? How long would you last in your job, when the evidence of your total failure was there for all to see. Well, the BDA have some great get outs as Catherine told me in our conversation. "We can't stand over every patient watching what goes into there mouths" another great cop out is "the patient failed to comply" Do BDA dietitians comply with their own advice? if so, why are so many high profile BDA dietitians heavily over weight themselves. 

I reckon many failed patients do comply, they stick to the letter of the very poor advice of the Eat Well Plate and so called "healthy balanced diet" I call the diet of slow death for diabetics. Dr. Aseem Malhotra is becoming a well known voice of sanity and common sense around the world, and the dietitians are rubbishing him at every opportunity, clearly the likes of the ex "resident dietitian" has learnt nothing over the last seven years.


Eddie

16 comments:

Gail said...

Jan, thanks! If your tea was not virtual I would hand you some clippers. The weather is so wonderful I am catching up. Soon with all the stump sawing I am doing we will just be able to mow closely and not worry about trimming.

I don't unfold as easily as I used to but am enjoying the progress. Almost completed my circle here then to my sister's house and beyond!

Have a very blessed weekend.

Debbie said...

a great article and a good use for twitter. i don't tweet!!!

Anonymous said...

"Stop giving him exposure" You have to be joking Nathan

KEEP GIVING HIM EXPOSURE PLEASE. The BDA need to get their act together for the good of all.

Ben

Linda said...

Many folks hate change. And almost everyone hates to say they were wrong!

chris c said...

Yeah he's ONLY a cardiologist, he only gets to repair the harm done by the ridiculous dietary advice . . .

Anonymous said...

"Yeah he's ONLY a cardiologist, he only gets to repair the harm done by the ridiculous dietary advice . . ."

Now I wish I had thought of that. Brilliant chris C and true very true
Ted

Lowcarb team member said...

Hello there Gail - I enjoyed your "And The Beat Goes On" post on your blog ... you do work hard. Glad to hear your weather is good.

Many thanks for taking time to come across to the low carb diabetic blog, it's always good to read your thoughts and comments.

Have a lovely weekend

All the best Jan

Lowcarb team member said...

Hi Debbie - many thanks for your comment. Glad you liked the article. Twitter can be so good!

Have a lovely weekend.

All the best Jan

Lowcarb team member said...

Hello Ben - many thanks for expressing your thoughts. I am sure there are MANY who would agree with you.

Have a lovely weekend

All the best Jan.

Lowcarb team member said...

Hi there Linda - and thanks for your comment.

It does take a strong person to admit things are / were wrong and to redress the subject. Dr Malhotra speaks out against the current thinking behind the Eat Well plate. There are many others like Zoe Harcombe and Trudi Deakin that do to.

Zoe Harcombe's blog is here http://www.zoeharcombe.com/blog/

And you can read about Trudi Deakin here

http://thelowcarbdiabetic.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/dr-trudi-deakin-rd-eat-fat-step-by-step.html

and see here too http://www.xperthealth.org.uk/at-risk-of-diabetes/a-step-by-step-guide-to-low-carb-living

Of course these are not the only articles there is plenty more on the inter-web.

Thanks once again for your comment - have a lovely weekend.

All the best Jan and the low carb diabetic team.

Lowcarb team member said...

"Yeah he's ONLY a cardiologist, he only gets to repair the harm done by the ridiculous dietary advice . . ."

Chris - many thanks for your comment, I think most who read this blog would agree with your comment!

Have a happy and healthy (eating) weekend, I've a feeling runner beans may be appearing on your menu plans!!

All the best Jan

Lowcarb team member said...

Hello there Ted - and thanks for your comment.

Glad you agreed with Chris ...

Have a good weekend, hope the weather stay dry for you

All the best Jan

chris c said...

I ate a liver (sadly not a dietician's) with mushroom bacon and yes runner beans including the first one I grew myself, more are finally maturing. Not a fine Chianti though, a Chilean Carmenere

Lowcarb team member said...

Chilean Carmenere sounds nice Chris ... not one I've tried. I looked it up, "Chile’s own signature grape, this red varietal disappeared from European vineyards in the mid-19th century and reappeared among Chile’s Merlot vines a hundred years later. The deepest, darkest, purplest of all red grapes needs a long growing season to reach its fullest potential. Rich in berry fruits and spice (think blackberries and black pepper), with smooth, well-rounded tannins, making this a very pleasing and easy to drink varietal." Details from here http://www.winesofchile.org/chilean-wine/varieties/primary-red-varieties/carmenere/

Your runner beans sound great ... so nice to eat home grown

Enjoy the remainder of the Bank Holiday

All the best Jan

chris c said...

The Co-Op has an excellent wine buyer. They have a selection of Carmenere wines and loads of others from Chile and Argetina which are easily the equal of French wines and very reasonable (DON'T tell my Australian friend! Oz and New Zealand also turn out some above average wines)

Lowcarb team member said...

Chris
There is a very wide choice of wine now to accompany any meal. It used to be white wine with fish, red wine with meat ... now I quite like a Rose! Good wine or bad wine it's what we the individual enjoy and of course we must always be 'drinkaware' https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/

All the best Jan