I just received this link in an email and I’m reproducing it as I just know there will be people (including myself) who will want to get involved in it.
Living with #Type2diabetes? Share your experience of #diabetescare in a blog post for the @APPG_Diabetes email:diabetes-appg@outlook.com
Fill yer boots 🙂
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Sent my email, it read
“Hello
I am a type 2 diabetic I was diagnosed 8 years ago with the probability that I had the disease for up to 10 years before that.
I was taking 2 metformin twice a day, 2 gliclazide twice a day and 2 exanatide injections a day.
Despite that I could not get my blood sugar under control
The I started showing signs of severe retinopathy, to cut a long story short I have had 4 vitrectomy operations and 2 cataract replacements at Newcastle eye centre.
I was desperate and felt that I was on a steep downwards slope to insulin then death, no one it seemed could offer any help, I was given all the usual dietary advice and it just didn’t work
At the end of January this year I received an email from diabetes UK recommending the 8 week blood sugar diet by Dr M Mosely and professor R Taylor.
I bought the book and started the diet which is a very low carbohydrate, medium protein, medium fat regime. 4 weeks later I had my annual HbA1c blood tests. The GP was amazed at the results! my blood sugars were in pre diabetic range, my cholesterol was in normal limits, and I had lost 20 pounds in weight. I had stopped the injections at week 2 and halved the Metformin dose at week 3.
Today, at week 11 I have lost 2 stones in weight, and my daily blood sugar readings are well within normal range.
The diet is simplicity itself with no feelings of hunger and no cravings for sweet things after the first week.I note that the government is about to set up diabetes boot camps for 100000 pre diabetics in the UK. Can I strongly recommend that the nutritional information contained in this book is used in these bootcamps.
i am far away from being the only person experiencing these results, a quick look here, https://thebloodsugardiet.com/forums/ will show lots of people who share and surpass my achievement.
We now have the tools to control and even defeat this terrible disease. We can ensure that future generations have a healthy T2D free lifestyle just by eating the correct foods, and it will save the NHS a fortune in diabetes treatment costs
The knowledge is out there, it is up to our government to implement it.Sincerely
William Bell”
First shot fired, who’s next?
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Sent this email.
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2009. I move around the country because of my work and have seen differences in diabetes care around the country. Some GPs are happy to prescribe test strips, most will not. Yet we are told we should be proactive in our diabetes care. I question how we can be proactive without the necessary tools!
Despite different doctors wanting me to take Metformin I have managed to remain diet controlled, following the advice given by ‘professionals’ to eat carbohydrates. One doctor told me he wanted diabetics (including me!) to have “early aggressive intervention with Metformin, statins and blood pressure medication”. I declined. I did take blood pressure medication (more of that later) and am unable to take statins.
During this time I bought my own test strips (many are not able to do so because of the cost) and noticed that during the day my blood sugars were reasonable, but I always struggled with the fasting blood sugar, never getting it below 7.
In November 2015 I had my HbA1c blood test and when the nurse rang with the result the dreaded Metformin was mentioned. I told her that I had just found a book called ‘The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet’ by Dr Michael Mosley and Professor Roy Taylor. She agreed that I could try that before being prescribed medication.
I am a 65 year old female, 5ft 2ins, and when I started the 8 weeks on 19th December 2015, I weighed 16 stone, my fasting blood sugar was 10.9 and my BMI was 40.9.
At the end of the 8 weeks my weight was 14 stone 1 pound, fasting blood sugar 5.3, BMI 36.
As I still have weight to lose I have continued on the same eating plan, now having completed 16 weeks in total. Weight now 12 stone 11 pounds, fasting blood sugar 4.4, BMI 32.7.
From struggling with fasting blood sugars consistently above 7, they are now between 4 and 4.9, without taking any diabetes medication. I have also stopped blood pressure medication as my blood pressure had dropped as I lost weight. I feel healthier than in a long time, have more energy, my mood is better, I think more clearly and have better concentration. All by severely restricting carbohydrates in my diet. The carbohydrates I do eat are from natural foods, not processed ones. At first it could seem daunting to limit myself to 800 calories a day, with restricted calories, but the results I have had speak for themselves, as does the fact that I am able to maintain that level of calories and carbs longer term with no ill effect, and the benefits continue.
That is my story. And I am not the only one. The forums on the BSD website grow daily, with people reporting being able to reduce, then come off, diabetes medication and significant weight loss. These forums are mutually supportive – which is important as many medical professionals are either unaware of this book or are dismissive of it, despite the research by Professor Taylor that the book is based on.
May I respectfully request that you look into the eating plan in ‘The 8-week Blood Sugar Diet’ as a cost-effective method of controlling and potentially reversing type 2 diabetes without the need for drugs which, as well as being costly for the NHS have potential side-effects for many patients.
I have kept written records from starting this eating plan, and they are available should anyone wish to see them.
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Excellent letter Captainlynne – and well done!
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I would like to edit this as a non diabetic but overweight and unhealthy middle aged woman (that was I hasten to add) and send to my MP. the low carb diet has positive ramifications for many illnesses so if you give your permission for me to reproduce in an edited format I would like to fly the diet”s flag? What do you say?
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Hi SOS Are you asking Bill or myself?
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Two beautiful arguments captainlynne and bill. I think they will have a real impact on the team requesting them. A few more would really add some clobber.
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Both really. My idea is to adapt what you have both said in order to create a general health message. Could do it myself but you have both stated the cases beautifully.
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Both really. My idea is to adapt what you have both said in order to create a general health message. Could do it myself but you have both stated the cases beautifully. But maybe I would be muddying the waters now I think about it.
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Hi Bill1954
Ding dong!
Thanks for heads up. Just sent my email off. Got reply from my MP today. Sort off.
Will post what I said later. Off on family hol today. Was packing but had to stop to email APPG while the pen was hot
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Well done to you all, great responses backed up by evidence.
Could you be cheeky and suggest that with the savings anticipated, they could look at a scheme similar to the NDSS in Australia to supply test strips and diabetic supplies at a heavily subsidised price. We are issued with a card and can access supplies from participating chemists. There is a limit but I have never reached it. Most diabetes nurses can issue free meters and the manufacturers often will provide them ( via their website or through promotions in chemist shops), free of charge because they are guaranteed to recoup their money from sales of the test strips.
May I suggest sending the link to the petition too?
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