The forum of flogs idea of good diabetes control.

After much noise on the internet re. the flogs new low carb diet plan, universally accepted as an information gathering exercise of members private info (to be sold to big pharma?*) Or plain and simple jumping on the low carb bandwagon, now that low carb is going mainstream, I spotted this over there last night.


Not my idea of safe diabetes control, but does fit in with the woeful information cut and pasted ad infinitum to the forum newbies. If the flog is genuinely interested in low carb and helping diabetics to a safe place, why is dangerous information still being posted with their name and logo proudly displayed.

*  "One of the ways the website makes money is by charging to put organisations such as pharmaceutical companies doing medical trials in touch with forum members who have diabetes."

From the Coventry Telegraph here. A "Ratner Moment" if ever I saw one.

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/gps-give-medical-advice-havent-9766465

EPIC-Norfolk

there's also a five year followup

New Zealand study

both show a linear correlation between HbA1c and cardiovascular risk STARTING at a truly normal A1c which is below 5.

Then there are numerous other studies showing a correlation between A1c and microvascular risk, and postprandial glucose and macrovascular risk.

Obviously it doesn't matter if diabetics die prematurely from CVD as long as they BUY STUFF.

Somebody was hooked on Rainbow as a nipper!