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The role of carbohydrate in diabetes management

PAUL D MCARDLE, DUANE MELLOR, SIAN RILSTONE AND JULIE TAPLIN

The role of carbohydrate in the diet of people living with diabetes is an area of much debate. This relates to both type and quantity of carbohydrate consumed, with low carbohydrate diets increasing in popularity. However, it is important to take a whole diet approach and not just in terms of single nutrients. This review considers what carbohydrates are and how recommendations for people with diabetes might differ from those for the general population.

There are no obligate requirements for dietary carbohydrate. UK recommenda.tions suggest 50% of total energy should come from carbohydrate for the general population; however, evidence does not support an optimal carbohydrate intake for people living with diabetes. Equally, there is no evidence to support a change in other macronutrient intakes including fat; thereby challenging the perspective of low carbohydrate diet advocates, which may encourage higher saturated fat intakes

http://www.practicaldiabetes.com/article/role-carbohydrate-diabetes-management/

Weight loss in those who are overweight remains the most effective strategy to improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes.12 Limiting carbohydrate intake often serves to limit energy intake, and thus aid weight management.16 The ultimate fate of all carbohydrate as glucose and its effect on insulin is often used as a rationale for severe carbohydrate restrictions,25 with type 2 diabetes in particular being described by low carbohydrate advocates as a condition of carbohydrate intolerance. Evidence to support this is limited and it is likely that it works primarily by energy restriction,30 which may be achieved through portion control of all energy-dense foods. 

Evert et al.20 also reported no association between whole grain intake and glycaemic control; however, whole grains are known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer and so should be promoted to all patients.33

chris c wrote:"There are no obligate requirements for dietary carbohydrate. UK recommendations suggest 50% of total energy should come from carbohydrate for the general population"

No cognitive dissonance there then.

Buffoons. So how did one of our doctors become immensely fat and diabetic then?

Soon the majority of the population will be either overweight or diabetic or both. How these people can take pride in their work defeats me.

Oh wait, isn't Practical Diabetes where David Unwin got published? Maybe someone demanded an antidote.

Dietitians, we’ve been sitting on the sidelines too long as misinformation about diet and nutrition is spread by the media, celebrities and so-called “experts”. Enough is enough. 

The public doesn’t understand what a dietitian has to offer. As a result, many of us are unemployed. Underemployed. Underpaid. How do I know this? Because you told me so, both publicly and in private. You said: we are at a crisis point. You also told me exactly what you thought we could do to make a difference: undertake a national awareness campaign to change public opinion [read more here and here].

Now, I’m taking your feedback, and acting on it. We are nutrition scientists, and we need the public to understand that. 

https://pozible.com/project/dietitiansunite

graham64 wrote:

chris c wrote:"There are no obligate requirements for dietary carbohydrate. UK recommendations suggest 50% of total energy should come from carbohydrate for the general population"

No cognitive dissonance there then.

Buffoons. So how did one of our doctors become immensely fat and diabetic then?

Soon the majority of the population will be either overweight or diabetic or both. How these people can take pride in their work defeats me.

Oh wait, isn't Practical Diabetes where David Unwin got published? Maybe someone demanded an antidote.

Can you spare $20 Chris to assist some poor impoverished dietitians 

Dietitians, we’ve been sitting on the sidelines too long as misinformation about diet and nutrition is spread by the media, celebrities and so-called “experts”. Enough is enough. 

The public doesn’t understand what a dietitian has to offer. As a result, many of us are unemployed. Underemployed. Underpaid. How do I know this? Because you told me so, both publicly and in private. You said: we are at a crisis point. You also told me exactly what you thought we could do to make a difference: undertake a national awareness campaign to change public opinion [read more here and here].

Now, I’m taking your feedback, and acting on it. We are nutrition scientists, and we need the public to understand that. 

https://pozible.com/project/dietitiansunite

Some more dietitians not happy about low carb it would seem

chris c wrote:Australian dieticians should NOT put their heads up above the parapet, look what they have done to Jennifer Elliott and are doing to Gary Fettke. All is not entirely lost though

http://bant.org.uk

https://phcuk.org

chris c wrote:Australian dieticians should NOT put their heads up above the parapet, look what they have done to Jennifer Elliott and are doing to Gary Fettke. All is not entirely lost though

http://bant.org.uk

https://phcuk.org