I too watched the BBC Panorama program about T2 Diabetes. I specifically wanted to see if the concept of reversing T2 Diabetes via diet was recognised.
I didn’t see a hint that anyone in the program was aware of the possibility! Was this an editing decision by the program-makers, or ignorance by the medical practitioners, or what?
The talk was about calorie-reduction. I didn’t spot a hint that reducing refined carbohydrates was essential. Just about every person who was in serious trouble talked about their diet, and they didn’t suggest that they realised that part of the problem lay with refined carbs. The medical practitioners talking to them appeared to know they were eating them, but instead of guiding them away from them, they just talked about the importance of calorie-reduction. One of the men talked about his breakfast, full of refined carbs, but his self-criticism was about his chocolate “habit”. He thought that is where the trouble lay.
I think at one point there was a shot of a woman representing Diabetes UK, with a poster of the PHE Eatwell Guide behind her. That sort of guide, with its emphasis in getting a significant proportion of energy from carbs, has become institutionalised. I wonder whether it has been recommended to these patients along with calorie-reduction?
By the end of the program, I felt that there is a long way to go before the Obesity and Diabetes pandemics can be halted!