BBC's "Doctor in the House"
The BBC aired a program where a family practice doctor advised patients with diabetes to remove sugar, wheat and dairy products, get all of their "five a day" from vegetables not fruit, and restrict eating to a ten hour window.
Cannot see the entire program in the US, but these two clips posted on DietDoctor from a BBC morning show discussing it and the kitchen clean-out clip give a good preview of his advice. Dr. Rangan Chatterjee Shakes Up Type 2 Diabetes Treatment On Breakfast TV http://www.dietdoctor.com/dr-rangan...on-breakfast-tv http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/pr...or-in-the-house Oh, the horrors of it. :) British Dieticians organization has already released a statement that they are alarmed by his controversial and potentially dangerous advice, etc, etc. Although he is a Doctor!! ...only a dietician!! Is qualified to give advice and that doctor's dangerous advice like eating more vegetables and less pasta and rice might threaten lives. https://www.bda.uk.com/news/view?id...%5D=news%2Flist Quote:
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There's a through the looking glass feel to this kind of bad advice from the BDA but it is also very very sad for the people who rely on them for their information. The most up to date information on "food, health and disease" comes from Dr Westman, Dr Halberg, Dr Bernstein and sites like diet doctor.com and others
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The horror!
I wish I knew why some people are so resistant to changing their minds. It's not even their own advice they've been pushing! They can say they were bamboozled along with everyone else! |
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Yes. Instead of using a dietary approach for which there is limited evidence, let's stick to a diet for which there is no evidence. "Adversely affect their blood sugar control, especially if taking medications, insulin,''--the approach certainly could do this, if patients didn't work with their doctors to lower these, as needed. In retrospect, making one group responsible for administering insulin and medication, and another responsible for advising the diet, the main factor involved in just how much of that insulin/medicine is needed, might not be the best way to arrange things. |
I checked their Food Fact Sheets. It ain't about food, it ain't facts, but it is certainly just a sheet. There's even a notice at the bottom of the document:
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Here's the hilarious bit, also found at the address above: Quote:
That's what's called a "disclaimer". Normally, a disclaimer is intended to warn the reader. However in this particular case, it actually reinforces the thing said which this disclaimer is intended to warn about. The thing said was said by a dietician (Written by Elaine Hibbert Jones, Dietician), and the disclaimer warns that the reader should rely on a dietician (not a substitute for...dietary advice given by a dietician). See? It's not a genuine disclaimer. Here's an even more hilarious bit, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclaimer Quote:
The BDA uses such a disclaimer, as I demonstrated above. But that doesn't stop the BDA from pointing out how dangerous the doctor's advice is. It seems to me those dieticians are trying to usurp the doctor's role. After all, they are "alarmed" by what a doctor said/did, and point out just how wrong that doc is, all according to their own interpretation of what's wrong and what's right. Well, let us refer to that disclaimer and point out that everything that comes from the British Dietetic Association is "not a substitute for proper medical diagnosis". Anybody in the UK wanna make a complaint about the BDA for their disclaimer? |
To illustrate the whole meaning and true purpose of a disclaimer in this context, I refer again to Wikipedia and their disclaimer about that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip...ical_disclaimer
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That disclaimer is absolutely unambiguous. We can be certain that there will be no misunderstanding of any kind whatsoever when we read Wikipedia for any information related to medicine. These guys aren't doctors, don't pretend to be, don't try to diminish doctors nor doctor's advice or profession, don't try to usurp a doctor's role in any way whatsoever, don't try to make themselves appear more than what they really are. To illustrate even better, let's make it look exactly like the BDA disclaimer. Quote:
Do any of us think that this disclaimer would pass the test? |
Jonathan Swift would have had a field day with this. I can only hope that this becomes a topic for John Oliver.
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Oh, this should really stir the pot and be fun! He is quite good-looking and charismatic. Goes a long way, as Cesar Milan has shown (unfortunately!). I'm interested in tracking down that first episode to see what he says about menopause.
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Dr Chatterjee's Facebook page. Apparently he came to the US for extra training in Functional Medicine, has support from Dr Mark Hyman, and has been on some of the Functional Medicine webinars/ forums.
https://www.facebook.com/DrChatterjee/ http://functionalforum.com/bbc-prim...r-in-the-house/ Sign up for his newsletter, and you get his Four Pillars of Good Health guidelines. Quote:
Website well done: http://www.drchatterjee.co.uk |
Oh this is too much fun.
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Watch the entire program here! Copied from BBC, hope it can remain so the world can see his "potentially dangerous advice"
http://youtu.be/3_EHf2Hao_g A question on other discussions was did the doctor advise to remove all dairy...and yes, he did. At home and when going out to an Indian restaurant, he requested no cream, yogurt, etc. in the sauces. Although it also covers sleep, exercise with a Fitbit to get in 10K steps, mediation, (and teachers, watch the part about kids germs :) ), the show often returns to the food or "Diet is the Key to Good Health" mantra which is brilliant. The BDA mentions "time restricted eating" but I am surprised that they didn't also go nuts over the advice for the diabetic to fast 2-3 days a week for 24 hours. Specifically for diabetes, and under doctor supervision, but 24 hour dinner to dinner fast was recommended....and spoiler alert...the results for everyone were very good. :thup: |
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First of all, since when is sweet fruit (ie excluding avocados, olives, tomatoes, peppers, etc) its own food group? I bet he'd applaud you if you went vegetarian, though... Secondly, since when is only eating within a ten-hour window "fasting?!" Are we really this brainwashed into shoveling food in our faces from the time our feet hit the floor in the morning until right before we put on our PJs and go to bed?! All kinds of non-dieting people already eat that way. It used to be called "normal." Let's say you get up at 7:00 am and eat breakfast at 8:00. You have lunch, you may or may not snack during the day, and then you have dinner at 5:00, and that's it. Oh, but I bet that same expert would have no problem with it if you just called it "avoiding snacking after dinner." |
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As I understand it, a doctor can only be sued if your blood sugars go too low. High ones are considered normal for diabetics. Honest. |
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Yes, we are. Doctors think that not snacking is starving yourself. My sister consulted with both a hepatologist and hematologist. Both of them expressed concern that she was starving herself by only eating twice a day with an afternoon snack if needed. She said that they each had an "Ohhh...yeah!" kind of reaction when she reminded them that protein and fat take longer to digest and without the blood sugar swings that eating carbs will give you, she felt fine all day. Both are prominent doctors at a prestigious medical center. On the up side, the hepatologist responded very positively to her being grain free. |
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