The Food Hospital - Channel 4

[Carina1962]

This programme looks interesting 'The Food Hospital' it will mention Type 2 diabetes.

 

[Northerner]

This programme looks interesting 'The Food Hospital' it will mention Type 2 diabetes.

Grrr! They've just said that type 2 is 'almost always caused by diet'

 

[Northerner]

Oh dear, now they are using the Newcastle extreme diet, but 800 cals a day. More reinforcement for Joe Public that all we need to do is stop eating junk. The doctor just said that 90% of diabetes was due to eating the wrong things Clearly , weight is a big risk factor, but it is not the ONLY risk factor, and people need to be told that there are other risks otherwise they may never get tested even if they have symptoms.

 

[Carina1962]

I'm glad though that they said the Newcastle diet was NOT a cure which was misleading when it was in the media claiming it was a cure.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

What a missed opportunity! They could have given that guy a meter and coached him through Jennifer's Advice and they could have helped thousands of viewers control their own D. Showing some extreme 'medical supervision only' approach is such a waste.

 

[Northerner]

I'm glad though that they said the Newcastle diet was NOT a cure which was misleading when it was in the media claiming it was a cure.

True, plus they did make it clear that it would be a medically supervised diet, not just random calorie reduction 🙂

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Having said that, the eat dark chocolate to lower blood pressure trial looked worth a pop!

 

[Northerner]

What a missed opportunity! They could have given that guy a meter and coached him through Jennifer's Advice and they could have helped thousands of viewers control their own D. Showing some extreme 'medical supervision only' approach is such a waste.

I suppose that would be too complex a 'message' for the programme and they are hoping for 'spectacular' results rather than anything practical for Joe Public to follow.

 

[Carina1962]

Oh no, they've just said if Chris carries on with his low cal diet his diabetes can be reversed

 

[Northerner]

Oh no, they've just said if Chris carries on with his low cal diet his diabetes can be reversed

They also said his reading of 8.9 before was 'dangerously diabetic'. His reduction to 3.9 isn't that unusual given that he's probably had virtually no carbs for several weeks!

 

[mcdonagh47]

What a missed opportunity! They could have given that guy a meter and coached him through Jennifer's Advice and they could have helped thousands of viewers control their own D. Showing some extreme 'medical supervision only' approach is such a waste.

I think they thought the guy had to shift some of the 24 stone pronto.
Before a proper regime could be established.
Never heard of that complication he had though and wouldn't fancy it !😱

 

[eat2live]

i didnt know diabetes can go into remission?!!! its soo confusing!!, and i thought it was alarming to say 8.5 is dangerously high!!!

 

[Northerner]

I think they thought the guy had to shift some of the 24 stone pronto.
Before a proper regime could be established.
Never heard of that complication he had though and wouldn't fancy it !😱

Nor me! 😱

 

[Northerner]

i didnt know diabetes can go into remission?!!! its soo confusing!!, and i thought it was alarming to say 8.5 is dangerously high!!!

They gave absolutely no context for that - he might have just eaten! 🙄

 

[trophywench]

I caught the 'diabetes can be reversed too' but missed the rest as I fell asleep after tea.

What on earth was his 'side effect'??? am intrigued !

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Let's just say TW, that it's one none of the gentlemen here will be wishing on themselves, and required a bit of er... surgery

 

[Northerner]

I caught the 'diabetes can be reversed too' but missed the rest as I fell asleep after tea.

What on earth was his 'side effect'??? am intrigued !

Well, let's not be coy. It was a condition that caused his foreskin to become dry and cracked and required surgery to remove it. 😱 Didn't make him change his ways though!

 

[mcdonagh47]

I thought he said 8.5 was "dangerously diabetic".

 

[Northerner]

I thought he said 8.5 was "dangerously diabetic".

Yes I think you're right! 😱 If that's the case then my highest level of the past few weeks, 14.3, was positively murderous! 😱 🙄

 

[Blythespirit]

I've only just signed in and knew there would be a thread about this. I caught it on +one and was diasappointed to say the least, for all the reasons already mentioned. I know they are looking to prove their own points and wanting quick results, but they did it at the expense of the truth as usual. If 8.5 is 'dangerously diabetic' I should have been dead earlier this year. It didn't say if that reading was fasting or post prandial either. Post prandial it would have been within range. Another thing not mentioned was if he'd decreased his meds. It would be interesting if they revisited him a few months later to see if his low calorie diet was working. Mind you, they wouldn't want people to know if it wasn't because it would look bad on them.

The reports on the boy with migraines and the woman with PCOS were interesting, but given the rubbish info given on the Type 2 guy, I don't know how much of those reports were valid either. What a shame. XXXXX