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EventsDiabetes reversed using low carb on BBC – again! – what will old-school dietitians say now?
Watch it above or via BBC if you’re in the UK.
One of the participants has just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. After around 5 weeks on a low-carb diet the disease is gone – all the tests are normal – and she’s lost around 30 pounds (13 kilos).
After episode one of the show old-school dietitians freaked out. Apparently doctors should not give their patients advice that helps them revolutionize their health. Especially not other advice than dietitians use to no noticeable effect at all.
Another approach would be to learn something. I hope a lot of dietitians are realizing the opportunity they have, helping their patients to achieve amazing results.
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Bottom line is be your own medical advocate, most doctors know nothing about LCHF and/or are in the drug company's back pocket.
Hope that happen.
as Dean Ornish, who claims his low fat regime is
successful, while ignoring confounders. If we
question whether the Ornish Lifestyle study vindicated
his low fat approach while at the same time
championing the LCHF part because of Dr. Chatterjee's
success in this instance we would be making a logical
mistake.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/kidney-disease-rising-manitoba...
@bill blood tests show the results
And both high blood pressure and diabetes are symptoms of insulin resistance, so perhaps the kidney disease is a result of the IR too?
I have not seen anything that says he is using a diet high in saturated fats. LCHF is better in my experience but what he is using is such an improvement over the normal diet of most people that he still gets excellent results.
It is interesting to me how defensive people get about cutting out starch, sugar and processed foods. I think that is called addictive behavior.
I think the BBC cannot take LCHF mainstream because of their sponsors and the existing medical professionals. One day it will be mainstream, but for now this is the best we can hope for apparently.
This show will get a lot of people to realize things they can do to help themselves and take back control of their life.
It may be a logical fallacy to follow LCHF (I don't think it is) but I'd rather "make a mistake" and avoid diabetes and heart disease with LCHF than wait around for the perfect study with absolutely no confounding elements.
If you prefer to wait, that's your choice.
That is not what I'm saying at all. I follow
LCHF, but that's beside the point.
When the intervention includes more than
one variable - in this case exercise and eating
at the table, etc - one cannot argue that the
success was from a single variable - Low Carb.
That is what Ornish does.
Let's try to be consistent.
Eat less and move more...that's all you have to do.