Sun, May-16-04, 12:35
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Senior Member
Posts: 303
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Plan: low carb
Stats: 212/188/150
BF:
Progress: 39%
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Unfortunately, many doctors are just like your sister's. I think many (most?) doctors have given up on their diabetic patients because so many patients are non-complient and because so many doctors don't know how to treat diabetes. The American Diabetes Association even recommends a high carb diet. That is why there are so many diabetics with so many serious health problems. As to the low carb ruining kidneys - there is nothing like high blood sugar to ruin kidneys, or make you blind, or cause heart disease, or cause amputation. Why do they prescribe high carb and accept high blood sugar when they know it is killing the patient?
Like your sister, many people don't want to know anything about their disease and are happy to have the doctor take care of it for them - which in this case and others, means a pat on the back and no testing. For many folks, ignorance is bliss.
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