Diabetic options in restaurants

[Lucyr]

So we agree that the word "diabetic" on a menu is inappropriate, and that the OP is looking for low carb options while eating out.

No you’ve read the OP entirely wrong. They want a campaign for menus to label meals as diabetic when eating out. They don’t want to know how to choose an option themselves, they want the labelling to highlight the options to them

 

[debs248]

No you’ve read the OP entirely wrong. They want a campaign for menus to label meals as diabetic when eating out. They don’t want to know how to choose an option themselves, they want the labelling to highlight the options to them

Can't agree there I'm afraid. I've reread the original post and have a very different interpretation.

I took it to mean that the OP was frustrated by the lack of low carb options on the menus they've seen recently and was wondering if there was an existing campaign for diabetic menus in restaurants, perhaps with a view to signing up, or starting their own petition.

If I was wrong about that I apologise to the OP for misreading their post. Hope we haven't scared them away, I'm only trying to help 😳

 

[Inka]

I read it like @Lucyr - ie having things labelled as diabetic just as some meals are labelled as vegetarian. Here:

“There are always vegan, veggie and gluten free options but these are not always low carb. Wondered if there had ever been any campaigns to have diabetic options included on menus?”

On the contrary, not only has there been no such campaign to my knowledge, things like the labelling of food stuffs as ‘Diabetic’ has been successfully campaigned against by Diabetes U.K. People with diabetes eat a wide variety of diets so it would be like having a diet option For People With Blue Eyes on the menu.