We had positive experiences with our GP. My mum went to see her about her yearly blood tests, among other issues, and was told she was pre-diabetic, to lose weight and cut out the carbs. We did this, swopped white for brown bread, cut out the cakes, potatoes etc.
Went back a couple of weeks later and she told my mum to try the BSD, and me also i had a lot of weight to lose. The GP was also on the BSD as she said she wouldn’t recommend the diet unless she tried it herself. She wasn’t obviously overweight but said she was carrying excess weight around her middle she wanted rid of.
Back to the GP again about 3 weeks later, i’d been on the diet a week and mentioned the weight i’d lost and that my mum had just started it. She was made up and excited to talk about the recipes in the book. Since then, my mum has lost 14lb even though she is 81, very inactive and has recently been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Also interesting that when i was on the RA forum they also mentioned that a mediterranean diet was the best one for arthritis, for dealing with inflammation.
Haven’t had a need to see the GP recently but when we do, will have to say a big thank you to her for telling us about the BSD and being open minded enough to recommend it to her patients, which doesn’t seem like the norm for a lot of Dr’s and diabetic professionals judging by people’s experiences on this forum. I’ve lost 75 lbs so far, with more to come and it has been life changing so i owe our GP big time!
