Should people with diabetes avoid carbs?
Diabetes UK recommends that people with diabetes should try to eat a healthy balanced diet, as depicted in the eatwell plate, and to include starchy foods at every meal. Steer clear of cutting out entire food groups. It is recommended that everyone with diabetes sees a registered dietitian for specific advice on their food choices. Your GP can refer you to a registered dietitian.
Diabetes UK says there is some evidence which suggests that low-carb diets can lead to weight loss and improvements in blood glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes in the short term. However, it is unclear whether the diet is a safe and effective way to manage type 2 diabetes in the long term.
Weight loss from a low-carb diet may be because of a reduced intake of calories overall and not specifically as a result of eating less carbohydrate. There is also not enough evidence to support the use of low-carb diets in people with type 1 diabetes.
Douglas Twenefour, Diabetes UK clinical adviser, says: “When considering a low-carbohydrate diet as an option, people with diabetes should be made aware of possible side effects such as the risk ofhypoglycaemia (low blood sugar). We also advise that people with diabetes discuss the amount of carbohydrate to be restricted with their healthcare team.
“The best way to manage diabetes is by taking prescribed medications and by maintaining a healthy lifestyle that includes plenty of physical activity and a balanced diet that is low in saturated fat, salt and sugar and rich in fruit and vegetables, without completely cutting out any particular food groups.”
Read Diabetes UK's review of the evidence from 1998 to 2009 on low-carb diets and their conclusions.
This is just an excerpt pertaining to Diabetes, the rest of the article is just more of the same nonsense.
Graham
5 comments:
May be by giving such advice they hope to save money on blood testing supplies.
They are afraid of losing money from their sponsors, as happened to the ADA when they had a rare moment of common sense a few years ago.
Galina L. said...
May be by giving such advice they hope to save money on blood testing supplies.
I agree Galina but it's a double edged sword the diet advice will only lead to the need for hypoglycemic drugs and eventually insulin, that would mean they would have to provide test kit
Graham
@chris c
How are you doing with the catchpa's chris ? I'm afraid it's necessary to include sandwiches, cakes, ice cream and a wheelchairs etc. They are things our feeble minded troll can easily identify with (goes with the high carb lifestyle) and that keeps them occupied posting infantile comments which of course get instantly deleted.
Cheers
Graham
Strangely I just made several posts without the CAPTCHA appearing but then it came back with BANANAS, which used to be one of my favourite fruits until I bought a glucometer.
I actually suspect you are right but for the wrong reason the CAPTCHAs are carefully chosen in the same way as the ads on Google and elsewhere, the assumption is that all diabetics are fat and lazy and bring the disease on themselves and the outliers (us) damn well need to be brought back in line.
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