This letter was sent to my MP just before Christmas. Hello Julian, One of my followers, Ian Day, has just posted this comment on my blog: “I was diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes in 2,000 at age 61. I was advised to eat the NHS “healthy diet” with plenty of starchy carbs, low fat, sugar […]
199.Time for a New Policy on Diabetes (Letter to Julian Smith MP for Skipton and Ripon) Read More »
Background The benefits of a diet which restricts the amount of carbohydrates consumed have had further confirmation in a recent paper by Dr David Unwin and colleagues (1). This is a continuation of the work reported in an earlier blog (2). The primary objective is to treat and control Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) while keeping
The UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is currently reviewing the effectiveness of the treatment of diabetes by the Department of Health (DoH) and the NHS. My previous blog has explained the background (1). I have now had a chance to look at the transcript of the session when officials from the DoH/NHS
195. Diabetes Review by Public Accounts Committee. Call for Action Read More »
I have just discovered the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee(PAC) is undertaking a review of how the UK Department of Health/NHS is coping with diabetes. This is a follow-up to a previous review by the PAC which was not very complimentary about the quality of services at that time. Since then there has apparently
194. Review of Diabetes by House of Commons Public Accounts Committee Read More »
In March 2015, NHS England announced the Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP) which is a joint initiative with Public Health England (PHE) and Diabetes UK (1).The object is to achieve a significant reduction in the number of people with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) which is expected to be about 4 million if no action is taken.
Diabetes UK has just issued another warning about Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in a press statement (1). According to this, there are now almost 3.5 million people in England and Wales who have been diagnosed with T2D, which is an increase of over 60% in the past 10 years. The true value is probably about
185. Type 2 Diabetes Policy is an Absolute Shambles Read More »
There is now overwhelming evidence that Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) can be reversed by simply altering the diet by reducing the intake of sugar and carbohydrates, which can be replaced by healthy fats (1). One of the latest developments is a case study from the general practice of Dr David Unwin and Dr Simon Tobin
Jen Elliott, a dietitian with 35 years’ experience, has been expelled from the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) because of her recommendation to lower carbohydrate diets to people with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (T2D) (1). The complaint originated from another dietitian who did not agree with the approach taken by Jen who claimed that the
On return from holiday, you open the front door and discover that there is water all over the place. Obviously there has been a leak somewhere and the house is flooded. As soon as you get over the shock, you call a plumber. Just imagine your reaction if you are told that it is impossible
If anyone had doubts about why the current official dietary recommendations which emphasise the benefits of a diet low fat and high carbohydrates are fundamentally flawed, they should have been at the recent Low Carb Summit in Cape Town. When all the available scientific evidence is collected together it is abundantly obvious that the existing
161. More Reflections on the Cape Town Low Carb Summit: Old Mutual Shows the Way Forward Read More »