Barbara Young, the charity’s chief executive, said: “It is truly alarming that there is now somewhere in England where more than one in 10 of the people have diabetes and shows that we are heading at frightening speed towards a future where diabetes becomes the norm.”
The Independent today here.
Diabetes UK must be getting desperately short of funds, judging by how often they wheel out Barbara Young these days. Hardly a day goes by without her telling us what we already know. Yes Barbara we know there is an obesity epidemic, yes, we know type two diabetes rates are going through the roof ! When are you going to tell us something we don’t know ?
Of course we do know what is leading to the twin epidemics of obesity and type two diabetes, and I suspect so does Barbara Young. But poor Barbara is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her charity has pushed an unhealthy diet for so long, it can’t back down. Their pay masters big pharma and junk food would swiftly stop the funding if DUK started to promote a lowcarb diet. As so many low carbing diabetics know, medication is minimal for the low carber and often non diabetic blood glucose numbers can be achieved with nil diabetes medication, for the type two.
So there you have it folks, another day another dollar, another meaningless sound bite from Barbara Young. DUK meetings will continue to serve the cakes, buns and biscuits. The next NHS audits will show zero progress is being made, just like the last five years. People will be phoning their local funeral director today, to bury their loved one, who checked out ten years early and riddled with diabetic complications. But hey, thems the breaks folks.
Eddie
The Independent today here.
Diabetes UK must be getting desperately short of funds, judging by how often they wheel out Barbara Young these days. Hardly a day goes by without her telling us what we already know. Yes Barbara we know there is an obesity epidemic, yes, we know type two diabetes rates are going through the roof ! When are you going to tell us something we don’t know ?
Of course we do know what is leading to the twin epidemics of obesity and type two diabetes, and I suspect so does Barbara Young. But poor Barbara is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her charity has pushed an unhealthy diet for so long, it can’t back down. Their pay masters big pharma and junk food would swiftly stop the funding if DUK started to promote a lowcarb diet. As so many low carbing diabetics know, medication is minimal for the low carber and often non diabetic blood glucose numbers can be achieved with nil diabetes medication, for the type two.
So there you have it folks, another day another dollar, another meaningless sound bite from Barbara Young. DUK meetings will continue to serve the cakes, buns and biscuits. The next NHS audits will show zero progress is being made, just like the last five years. People will be phoning their local funeral director today, to bury their loved one, who checked out ten years early and riddled with diabetic complications. But hey, thems the breaks folks.
Eddie
4 comments:
I don't get what she is trying to say. Nothing new here - it rarely makes sense to me. She is commenting on the report which is linking diabetes with deprivation etc. She sees us heading towards a future where diabetes is the norm. Does this mean she envisages a future where deprivation,is the norm? She is obfuscating as usual.
Why is DUK funding studies like this? There are many studies in existence saying the same thing.
What do DUK draw from this report? What recommendations do they make? I have read other studies of this nature where some conclusions and some action even has resulted.
Baroness Young makes her meaningless statements because it is not in DUK's interests to face up to the very obvious reason why diabetes is rising. There is only one conclusion to be drawn from that.
Kath
In the economic climate of today, money is getting short and some are turning to cheap processed foods just to eat and survive. Food banks have grown, soup runs for the homeless etc.
If we want to reduce diabetes then those of us who follow a much reduced carbohydrate diet know the answer. Why Yes, its LCHF! But it's expensive some may say, I would argue against this. It is possible to eat good, healthy un-processed foods. Look at cheaper cuts of meat, use food stores such as Aldi and Lidl. Be more responsible,perhaps for some not easy, but absolutely possible.
As for Baroness Young what does she know? I suspect just what the sheet of paper or speech written for her by others says.
Kay
LC is not necessary expensive, especially taking into the consideration that you need less amount of food, don't require snacks, and eat less often. I remember listening to an interview with a women whose husband lost his job, money became scarce and she complained she had to give her children less amount of their breakfast cereal than before, so they went to school hungry everyday. I thought with regret that she wasted her money on expensive unsatisfying food at the time when she couldn't afford it.
It would be real disaster for a food industry if more people start ditching pre-cooked meals and packaged snacks. Real food is less expensive.
I agree with Kay and Galina here. You can eat a good selection of LCHF foods and it doesn't have to be expensive. Perhaps you need to be more wise in your shop. Look for bargains they are out there.
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And yes, Kath your last sentence sums the situation up perfectly.
All the best Jan
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