Old Ideas and the ADA

I hope the other organizations do consider LC diets. BTW, I was interested that when the woman in the BBC sitcom "Waiting for God" got type 2 diabetes, she had to listen to a lecture from a dietician telling her not to eat bananas because they have too many carbs.

But of course, it's an old sitcom. 

Yes, Oh BeardedOne. It's very sad, because the ADA could help so many people but they seem to be doing the opposite.

I recently got a mailing from them in which they warned people not to try LC diets on their own because their BG levels might go down. 

Yes, I'm afraid Big Pharma has a hold of them & will not let go.  Money speaks & the people suffer.  I am so very thankful for folks like you, Mendosa, Bernstein, et al.

Stand for the truth & run from the lies.

Whimsy, it wasn't a letter but an ad urging me to join the ADA. Then it had a list of "myths" about diabetes, like telling people it's OK to eat sugar because it's no worse than starch.

One of the myths was "It's easy to go on an Atkins-type diet." They said it's dangerous without medical supervision because your BGs might plummet and you'd go low. Of course if you're injecting tons of insulin on the theory that you're eating tons of carbs, this is true. 

But the impression one got was that LC diets are dangerous. 

It's sad, isn't it.