Re: Diabetes ; suitable diets

No you didn't, I omitted this post you quoted...my apologies.

Originally Posted by Mups
This morning he was talking about type 2 diabetes because he was diagnosed with this and has got rid of it himself.
He has written a book about how/what to eat
to greatly assist diabetics.

Re: Diabetes ; suitable diets

I also stated that Dr. Mosley said he doesn't think he is cured, he fears it could come back if he gained internal fat again in the future.

Re: Diabetes ; suitable diets

And he could be right Mups. So many illnesses are aggravated by body fat, and as carbs turn to fat so quickly his suggested diets could help a lot of non diabetic people. I think that what he was really saying is the advice to eat a high carb diet may have made the situation worse for many type 2 diabetics. I am type 1 and reducing carbs is certainly making a difference to my blood sugar levels.

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I am slightly wary of Michael Mosely because as far as I am aware, he has never practiced as a doctor since training and makes his money from TV programmes and flogging associated books.
I have been Type 2 diabetic for a dozen years or so and my 6 monthly HbA1c results tended to be up in the 80s and 90s. Then I read a couple of books that suggested the main dietary criminal was starch rather than carbohydrate in general. I have done my best to minimise this for a year and my last two HbA1c results were 45 and 41, in other words, easily within normal limits. Plus, as a side effect, I have lost over a stone in weight. Given that the diet is not in any way a hardship (and I speak as someone who loves eating good food), why is it not pushed, with a very hard sell, at all T 2diabetics?