DiABETES UK Nutritional Guidelines

[Dave W]

Low Carb helps a lot 😉

Certainly helped me as a T2. Following diagnosis I based my diet largely on the NHS/NICE/DUK recommendations, but after about four months reading and learning I adopted Low Carb and my blood glucose levels improved considerably. Testing helped me discover just what and how specific foods affected me (as opposed to anyone else).

 

[Deleted member 21371]

I'd rather go for reversing type 2, but I do believe low carb for life can be a possible alternative to some.

 

[HOBIE]

Certainly helped me as a T2. Following diagnosis I based my diet largely on the NHS/NICE/DUK recommendations, but after about four months reading and learning I adopted Low Carb and my blood glucose levels improved considerably. Testing helped me discover just what and how specific foods affected me (as opposed to anyone else).

Good for you Dave W. I bet you feel good 🙂 (&you are allowed to) 😎

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Good for you Dave W. I bet you feel good 🙂 (&you are allowed to) 😎

Low carb does indeed work for some.

But many more options work too.
That's the beauty of this site.
Everyone is allowed to.
Direct everyone you know to Diabetes.org.uk
No matter how you fix your diabetes, every one is welcome to have a voice.

 

[Dave W]

Good for you Dave W. I bet you feel good 🙂 (&you are allowed to) 😎

LC certainly worked and I was in remission, but HbA1c has risen over past 6 months and have shed a lot of weight over a few years (none left to shed!). Got a GAD test and c-peptide with my HbA1C next month as suspect I may be T1. Ought to have been tested for T1 at initial diagnosis three years ago as I've got some of the symptoms that should have prompted tests!

 

[HOBIE]

Good luck Dave 🙂

 

[Deleted member 21371]

LC certainly worked and I was in remission, but HbA1c has risen over past 6 months and have shed a lot of weight over a few years (none left to shed!). Got a GAD test and c-peptide with my HbA1C next month as suspect I may be T1. Ought to have been tested for T1 at initial diagnosis three years ago as I've got some of the symptoms that should have prompted tests!

Did bouncing straight to low carb hide it?

 

[Dave W]

Did bouncing straight to low carb hide it?

Initial HbA1c was >100, meds (gliclazide) brought it down and then adopting LC reduced it further to well below 50, so diet did have a significant impact. The thing that annoys me is that according to local NHS protocol, the symptoms I presented with, i.e. osmotic and weight loss ought to have resulted in tests for T1. I do think that my GP did think I was progressing fine asT2, but it took my own research to jog her into questioning the intial diagnosis by another GP.
I'm in no way anxious to be diagnosed as T1, but rather suspect I may be!

 

[Northerner]

LC certainly worked and I was in remission, but HbA1c has risen over past 6 months and have shed a lot of weight over a few years (none left to shed!). Got a GAD test and c-peptide with my HbA1C next month as suspect I may be T1. Ought to have been tested for T1 at initial diagnosis three years ago as I've got some of the symptoms that should have prompted tests!

Hope you can get a firm diagnosis Dave :} There is a huge variance in the manifestations of our diabetes - I know this from my own experiences 🙂

 

[grovesy]

There seems to be more and more research coming out on the wide variations and sub sets of types requiring different treatments. Though I suspect we are some way off this been recognised widely as the variations seem to be tested by genetics.

 

[Hamrag]

Well, a seriously final "one size fits all" diet, an offer to buy the book, and a serious slanging match if you suggest its not the only approach seems to the the way on there.
Here is a far better ideology.

So many contradictions regarding Dietary advice (as you yourself have pointed out) on this site! at least Diabetes.co.uk are clear on Dietary advice.

 

[Diabetes UK]

Thanks for your comments Hamrag. We recognize individual differences in this forum. Everyone needs to find a diet and/or medication regime that works for them but experience of our members will show that there is no single solution. We aim to support everyone in exploring these options to find the best approach for them. It's great that you have found a successful diet and I am sure that your experience will be valuable to many of our members. Diabetes is variable.There will usually be someone who will benefit from your experience, but it may not apply to everyone.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

So many contradictions regarding Dietary advice (as you yourself have pointed out) on this site! at least Diabetes.co.uk are clear on Dietary advice.

Very clear
Over opinioned zealots maybe, but yes, certainly they are clear there can only be one opinion, and everything else should be ignored regardless of benefit to an individual perspective.
As I say, totally unlike this site fortunately, where it's recognised different treatments suit different people.

 

[Hamrag]

Thanks for your comments Hamrag. We recognize individual differences in this forum. Everyone needs to find a diet and/or medication regime that works for them but experience of our members will show that there is no single solution. We aim to support everyone in exploring these options to find the best approach for them. It's great that you have found a successful diet and I am sure that your experience will be valuable to many of our members. Diabetes is variable.There will usually be someone who will benefit from your experience, but it may not apply to everyone.

Thank you, I am interested to learn about other diets (as apposed to Low Carb Lifestyle),and Medication regimes, that work for other people with T2 Please post links etc.

 

[Hamrag]

Very clear
Over opinioned zealots maybe, but yes, certainly they are clear there can only be one opinion, and everything else should be ignored regardless of benefit to an individual perspective.
As I say, totally unlike this site fortunately, where it's recognised different treatments suit different people.

Have you tried the Low Carb Lifestyle? what is your approach? I am Interested to know why you are so anti Low Carb!

 

[Eddy Edson]

Thank you, I am interested to learn about other diets (as apposed to Low Carb Lifestyle),and Medication regimes, that work for other people with T2 Please post links etc.

Depends what you mean by LC. I eat about 150g carbs daily, of which 30g+ fibre, which for me makes a big diff. Since upping my carbs from < 100g (and not enough fibre), my BG usually averages < 6 mmol/L daily, and the pesky Dawn Phenomenon seems to have gone away. A bit of exercise but nothing special. Anyway, works for me, for the moment.

 

[Matt Cycle]

Following diagnosis I based my diet largely on the NHS/NICE/DUK recommendations

What was your diet like before diagnosis Dave?

 

[grovesy]

I have been on this journey over 15 years.
I have found that over the years I have to make changes as things don't always stay the same, and that you have to find what works for you and can maintain long term and most of the time.

 

[Ljc]

Thank you, I am interested to learn about other diets (as apposed to Low Carb Lifestyle),and Medication regimes, that work for other people with T2 Please post links etc.

@Hamrag, A few people on here follow Keto diets
Personally I try to keep below 100 carbs a day and normal fats , I find this works best for me as I am less likely to fall too badly off the wagon, though it doesn’t always work
Some go very low carb .
Basically we do what works best for us individually and gently nudge/suggest to newbies a different way of doing things compaired to that Eatwell (or whatever it’s called now) plate.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Have you tried the Low Carb Lifestyle? what is your approach? I am Interested to know why you are so anti Low Carb!

I'm not anti low carb at all.
I'm anti zealot.
You need to accept there is more than one way, and consider they work for other people.
Not everything is simple black and white.