Avoiding diabetes or just healthy eating?
Watch this postIn the last few months, a number of my 60+ friends have been diagnosed as suffering from or approaching diabetes. Living out here in SW France, we consider we generally have a mediterranean diet (high fish, vegetable, pulse, nut diet) but the big attraction is the delicious wine produced all around us. It is therefore with great enthusiasm that we are meeting with Robin Ellis - the original Poldark - who has now added the new professions of cook and author on the topic of Pre-diabetic cookery. Preparing for this event, I've invested in two of his books: Healthy Eating for life and Mediterranean Cooking for Diabetics. Without doubt, the books are a great way to get motivated to review our menus!
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I'm currently living in the Lakes but am giving my job in the next 18 months and have a crazy, scary, exciting plan to move to southern France. Both my children are grown up and I'm single and to be quite honest, a little sick of the constant rain and cold in the - otherwise beautiful - Lake District. Any tips? Any areas to avoid? I have visited Ariege and Carcassonne and love both.
look forward to hearing from you,
a bientot
Sian
It was very confusing - for over 30 years the medical advice has been to eat lots of carbs, cut right down on fat and take Metformin. The modern advice, receiving much publicity now and being slowly accepted by doctors, is to follow a low carb/high fat diet.
When I told my doctor that I wanted the chance to try this way of eating, she was not supportive and said that once diagnosed as diabetic, there was no way of reversing that diagnosis. However, I refused the Metformin and she reluctantly granted me 3 months to try the new diet, then go back for more blood tests.
After 3 months, I had lost 20lbs in weight (bonus!) and my blood results were normal - it had worked. My blood pressure medication was reduced as well and I felt so very much better with more energy and a feeling of wellness that had been missing for a long time.
I followed the menu plans and advice of 'Diet Doctor', a Swedish doctor who had researched this subject and had outstanding results, backed by hard evidence and reviews.
I recommend this plan of action to anyone who has had the dreaded Diabetes diagnosis.