Thread by @mrc314

The ADA exists to encourage you to become and remain diabetic. The ADA's sponsors (companies that sell processed food and medications to lower blood sugar) pay them for this, not to make/keep you well. The AHA works the same for CVD. The sooner you understand that, the better.

The same can be said for nutritionist and dietitian programs. Look who sponsors the learning materials, conferences, swag bags, CE courses. Ask an RD/Nutritionist how many carbs one must eat every day. Then ask them how they know this. It's what they are told. In class. By these:

I hear conversations. Unsuspecting, ill, overweight people being told how much carb to have with every meal. To finger stick to be sure they shouldn't up the insulin. A lady tears and says her insulin is too expensive. Provider says there are programs to help pay for insulin. 1/

I want to scream at them both: TELL HER SHE CAN CHANGE HER GODDAMN DIET AND POSSIBLY GET COMPLETELY OFF INSULIN! TELL HER HOW, YOU COMPLICIT IGNORANT IDIOT!

But I cannot. Why? Because then *I* would be the crazy one.

There are 8 MILLION ways to get help paying for insulin. Fewer for low-carb. The ADA and other orgs dance around how a low-carb diet can help, but they don't come right out and say it. This reminds me of the slow transformation of smoking recommendations. They won't until FORCED.

I'm losing my sh*t over this. No, I've already lost it. It's gone. The look on that woman's face really got me. It was hopeless desperation. I could see she didn't feel well, has tried to eat less, can't pay for her meds, and cannot control her blood sugar eating as she's told.

Basshole's quack list got me thinking. I'd like to make a one- or two-page cheat sheet available to help people prevent and reverse T2D. A list of facts (e.g., there are no essential carbs, you don't have to eat any). People to read more on (e.g., a modified quack list ;-). It

won't help everyone, but could help those who want it. Most people don't have a year to sit down and figure out what to do on their own. Who to trust. Where to turn. I envision an underground "reclaim your health" page with an easy-to-remember name.

Psst, hey you, check this out: XXX.

I would want read-only (no comments), anonymous (no doxing). I just cannot keep listening to this, I want a place to send people when there is too little time (and the place is wrong) to present right then. A lot to think about.

The ADA website asks, "What Can I Eat?"

Outlines several diets but is woefully inaccurate checking off the purported benefits. Paleo does *NOTHING*? LC doesn't reduce CVD risk? SAD isn't listed at all.

Notice the second biggest item on the screen: Donate now.

This is about $.

The page: diabetes.org/blog/what-can-…

The "Key takeaways from the report (the 2019 Consensus Report) doesn't even mention low carb. It mentions an eating pattern "lower in carb" as 26-45% of total calories from carbs. This is well above the tolerance of most T2Ds, and pre-diabetics.

The ADA CEO may follow low carb, but the organization continues to bury information about a low carb (<20 and <50g/day) diet, or omit it completely. They are just fooling with you.

This is the two page PDF "key takeaways."

diabetes.org/sites/default/…

A search for "ketogenic diet" doesn't return anything relevant. Why not?

Finally (for tonight), the summary suggests you must lose weight to control diabetes, (the people in the images are exercising) and you do that by changing your DIET, GETTING MORE EXERCISE, MEDICATIONS, or SURGERY.

🤦‍♂️ On the same page that suggest 45% calories from carbs.

Then they rag on saturated fat, butter, beef. Wouldn't be complete without the perfecta of eat less fat, move more, take drugs, and have surgery.