by Eddie Tue Apr 21 2015, 20:01
Talking of wind ups, I have had one hell of a session on twitter today with some dietitians, one of which was Catherine Collins chairwoman of the British Dietetic Association. A completely clueless bunch without a doubt. Passing the buck for their lamentable dietary advice to DUK another useless outfit.
The BDA has been revueing their type two diet information for some time. With this in mind I had a look over there this afternoon. They have some info for type two's and still pushing the useless eatwell plate. This info caught my eye, they are saying and I quote "The ideal HbA1c is between 48–58mmol/mol" for a type two diabetic. That's between 6.5 and 7.5 in old money. Nothing could be further from the truth. The ideal is non diabetic BG numbers and so many of us have achieved it, though not by following the eatwell plate.
More fun and games tomorrow when I take the BDA on again.
Link to the BDA dross here
https://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/diabetestype2