‘That Australian Paradox’

 Two bowls of sugar, one containing sugar cubes and the other with castor sugar.

As our lifestyle related diseases such as obesity and diabetes rise it amazes me that senior academic dietitians at Sydney Uni continue to promote the Australian Paradox.

Jennie Brand Miller and Alan Barclay, with his links to Coca Cola, promoted the concept that sugar consumption went down when obesity levels went up.

They have been shown to be wrong and their data was flawed. Brand Miller doesn’t seem to respond to requests for interviews about it. Sort of leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-13/the-australian-paradox:-experts-hit-out-at-sydney-uni-study/7319518

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Are the current guidelines for dietary management of diabetes sheer madness?

hba1c-centiles-typeonegritRD Dikeman is someone I greatly admire and I encourage you to listen to his logic.

Gary lent support to RD and his son David a few years ago when they announced to the world, on a short video, how David was running low carb with his previously unstable Type 1 Diabetes.

Low carb has given David his life back. He has great control of his blood glucose, less medication and is having as close to normal a life that he can. The results mean the likelihood of avoiding most, if not all, of the complications of poorly controlled diabetes.

It also means David’s parents are not stressed beyond comprehension like most parents of children with this potentially devastating condition.

RD is now leading the Typeonegrit group of 1500+ Type 1’s that are working towards the same results as David.

Low carb is brilliantly simple if you have diabetes. If you are ‘allergic’ to glucose and that’s carbohydrate, why do the current diabetes guidelines still recommend 50%+ of the diet as carbohydrates. Sheer madness 🤕

As with any change in diet, especially lowering carbohydrates, it is important to monitor blood glucose carefully and work with your healthcare team as there will be less insulin required.

https://youtu.be/Ho9-oD9KSiw

For the full talk from RD
https://www.dietdoctor.com/member/presentations/dikeman

The Typeonegrit community page is
https://www.facebook.com/Type1Grit/

The Pinterest page is
https://au.pinterest.com/typeonegrit/

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Modern white rice. Is it that healthy?

The modern white rice is high in glucose and low in micronutrients.

You can expect poor blood glucose control if you have diabetes and too much too regularly could make you prone to developing type 2 diabetes.

#choosehealth #wecantwait

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/diabetes-the-rice-you-eat-is-worse-than-sugary-drinks

https://www.facebook.com/belindanofructose/posts/1120648348029615

Do patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) actually need insulin?

Do patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) actually need insulin? Along comes a paper that makes you rethink one of the worlds most prescribed and expensive drugs.

Most Diabetes ‘authorities’ state that T2D is a chronic progressive disease and that patients will progress on to insulin.

Most patients that start insulin struggle with control of their blood glucose. Most put on weight and many have hypo’s (very low blood glucose) that can end with falls and hospitalisation.

But is insulin actually effective for T2D? It is essential for T1’s but may be not for T2D. Lowering carb intake makes more sense than adding in drugs like insulin.

This French meta analysis is very concerning.

The addition of insulin did not reduce the risk of death from any cause and especially not from cardiovascular disease or complications of micro vascular disease such as amputations and kidney failure.

It did show the problems of weight gain and hypo’s.

“Clinical efficacy of insulin needs to be demonstrated with long-term trials. Insulin is currently prescribed to millions of patients without a proven benefit. The only two long-term studies available have significant weaknesses.”

“It is noteworthy that insulin is the second cause of drug-related hospital admissions in patients over 65 [22]. In two U.S. representative surveys over a 4 year period, Geller and al. estimated there were nearly 100,000 emergency department visits per year for insulin-related hypoglycaemia and errors [23], among which almost one-third required hospitalization. The estimated rate of severe neurological sequelae was 60 %.

Patients over 80 treated with insulin were more than twice as likely to visit the emergency department and nearly 5 times as likely to be hospitalized. Moreover there is some evidence that hypoglycaemia may increase the risk of dementia.”

“Another well-known side effect of insulin-based regimen is weight gain, which secondarily increases insulin resistance.”

“The fact that insulin has shown no impact on clinically relevant outcomes is of major importance. Theoretically, insulin has potential negative clinical consequences, due to the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms.”

“RESULTS: Twenty RCTs were included out of the 1632 initially identified studies. 18 599 patients were analysed: Insulin had no effect vs. hypoglycaemic drugs on all-cause mortality RR = 0.99 (95 % CI =0.92-1.06) and cardiovascular mortality RR = 0.99 (95 % CI =0.90-1.09), nor vs. diet/placebo RR = 0.92 (95 % CI = 0.80-1.07) and RR = 0.95 (95 % CI 0.77-1.18) respectively. No effect was found on secondary outcomes either. However, severe hypoglycaemia was more frequent with insulin compared to hypoglycaemic drugs RR = 1.70 (95 % CI = 1.51–1.91).”

“CONCLUSIONS: There is no significant evidence of long term efficacy of insulin on any clinical outcome in T2D. However, there is a trend to clinically harmful adverse effects such as hypoglycaemia and weight gain. The only benefit could be limited to reducing short term hyperglycemia. This needs to be confirmed with further studies.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27391319/

https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/type-2-diabetes

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Can you trust nutrition ‘science’? Maybe not.

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Nutrition ‘science’ papers often are compromised by the data or the funding. The food industry has been ‘paying’ for research studies and results for decades. This has been exposed once again this week.

“”consider the harm to scientific credibility and public health when dealing with studies funded by food companies with vested interests in the results”, Nestle says.”

Marion Nestle and others continue to expose the food industry sponsorship of nutrition studies.

http://foodmed.net/…/sugar-hearts-food-industry-buys-top-s…/

The other issue of nutrition studies is that they make assumptions on what you specifically ate in the past creates disease now. There are so many variables. Gary recalls a graph showing the direct link between murder rates in New York having a direct relationship to peanut butter consumption!!

Gary gave a talk on this in 2013 on Flawed Nutritional Science.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAUYhcS9kdI

This is why Gary has started with the biochemistry and pathophysiology of food components. That’s why he ended up disagreeing with the ‘nutrition science’ literature.

That’s why he started speaking out.

Sugar and hearts: how food industry still buys scientists

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“Blood Sugar Wars”… Really???

A diabetes diet? Balancing diet and blood sugar.

Shame on the Sydney Morning Herald for publishing the headline grabbing, and biased article ‘Blood Sugar Wars – What’s the Best Diet for Diabetes’ yesterday.

Despite the seemingly screwed reporting by SMH reporter Paula Goodyer, recipient of the Dietitians Association of Australia Excellence in Nutrition Journalism Award 2015 and either the winner or the Runner Up in that category every year since 2012 http://daa.asn.au/…/daa-excellence-in-nutrit…/award-winners/ ; it must be noted that Launceston man, Tony Benneworth, has come off ALL his Type 2 diabetes medications following a Low Carbohydrate Healthy Fat lifestyle.

Not only is LCHF approved by the CSIRO, but it is currently being rolled out as a Masterclass to GP’s in Australia via seminars and webinars run by Associate Professor Grant Brinkworth of the CSIRO and Professor Gary Wittert.

Tony agreed to be part of the ‘Saving Australia Diet’ after being told by his GP he was a walking time bomb of poor health. He adopted a Low Carbohydrate Healthy Fat lifestyle mentored by Dr. Gary Fettke, an orthopaedic surgeon in Launceston who is confronted by the complications of diabetes every week in his practice, and Chef Pete Evans as part of the TV special.

Behind the scenes Tony was fully supervised by his local GP and his personalised nutrition plan was created by Accredited Practising Dietitians, Nutritionists and a Credentialled Diabetes Educator at the Nutrition for Life Centre in Launceston (which was shown in each episode).

Tony came off ALL diabetes medications and has continued to maintain normal blood glucose readings including his HbA1c in normal range. He no longer has any blood markers indicative of Type 2 diabetes.He also changed his heart B pattern to a normal A pattern, indicating he now has no cardiac risk either and has come off his statins.

Unfortunately, Cassandra, who followed the standard DAA advice is still classified as someone with diabetes because her blood glucose control is medically assisted. That doesn’t mean she hasn’t acheived amazing results, it just means it is still a journey for her.

Paula Goodyer’s association with the DAA could make one question the bias of her reporting and a conflict of interest that is undeclared to her readership.

Since when did helping people take back control of their health become a ‘Blood Sugar War’?

All 3 participants (NOT contestants) of the Channel Seven Sunday Night program showed marked improvements in their blood glucose readings simply by reducing foods that were high in processed carbohydrates, high in sugar and looking at portion control.

The ‘takeaway’ message from the Saving Australia Diet is about the importance of nutrition education, support, accountability and motivation for individuals from a team of healthcare professionals. To me it showed there was no right or wrong way, and each case was individualised.

Dragging in my husband, Dr. Gary Fettke, and reporting inaccurate information (Low Carbohydrate Healthy Fat not High Fat as written) and highlighting his current ‘silencing’ by AHPRA, the Australian Medical Regulatory Board, seriously raises the question on a public platform “Who IS qualified to give nutrition advice?” and it challenges me to ask who started ‘the war’ and what (or whom) is it really about? …

Surely it can’t be 3 innocent people who agreed to go on television to improve their Type 2 diabetes outcomes?

“Clare Collins, a spokesperson for the Dietitians Association of Australia, is also concerned about some of the ‘experts’ used to guide the diets in the program. Gary Fettke who helped design Tony’s low carb, high fat diet is a surgeon not a diabetes specialist. He’s also under investigation by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and reportedly been cautioned not to advise on the nutritional management of diabetes because it’s outside his scope of practise.” wrote Paula Goodyer

This is about people’s health and the epidemic of Type 2 diabetes in Australia. When will people stop the personal attacks and pettiness and work together to find the common ground. It is about the message not the messenger.

#savingaustraliadiet #wecantwait

Declaration of interest:
Nutrition for Life was co founded by Gary and Belinda Fettke in 2014 to help people take back control of their health with personalised nutrition advice from a team of health professionals. Neither Gary nor Belinda see any clients in a clinical setting at Nutrition for Life.

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/nutrition/blood-sugar-wars–whats-the-best-diet-for-diabetes-20160911-gre0id.html

http://www.juicedaily.com.au/food/blood-sugar-wars-whats-the-best-diet-for-diabetes/

https://www.facebook.com/belindanofructose/posts/1116935655067551

“Before You Spend $26,000 on Weight-Loss Surgery, Do This”

“Recently, 45 international medical and scientific societies, including the American Diabetes Association, called for bariatric surgery to become a standard option for Type 2 diabetes treatment. The procedure, until now seen as a last resort, involves stapling, binding or removing part of the stomach to help people shed weight. It costs USD $11,500 to $26,000, which many insurance plans won’t pay and which doesn’t include the costs of office visits for maintenance or postoperative complications. And up to 17 percent of patients will have complications, which can include nutrient deficiencies, infections and intestinal blockages.

It is nonsensical that we’re expected to prescribe these techniques to our patients while the medical guidelines don’t include another better, safer and far cheaper method: a diet low in carbohydrates.” Dr. Sarah Hallberg

The proof of Low Carbohydrate diets for preventing, managing, and potentially reversing Type 2 diabetes is in the blood glucose.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/opinion/sunday/before-you-spend-26000-on-weight-loss-surgery-do-this.html?_r=1&referer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FlXkEz4dsed

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Belinda Fettke No Fructose’s Afternoon ‘T’ for the Big ‘C’.

cancer-generic_650x400_81450606034I would love to invite you to enjoy a cup of tea (or coffee) ‘virtually’ with me this afternoon, while you take the time to read my post and consider supporting some important independent research into the role of nutritional ketosis in the management of cancer.

Why? Because it is seemingly impossible to get industry funding for something that won’t make money for ‘Industry’. And if you consider ‘Industry’ as a business model, not making a profit is a perfectly understandable reason … Why invest dollars into something you won’t get a return from, especially if you have stakeholders and investors that you need to be accountable to and make a profit for?

Therefore, by not investing in research into “food as medicine” because of ‘Industry’s’ conflict of interest, may just be creating a huge disadvantage to the people who are dealing with cancer and their outcomes.

As many of you may know, my husband Gary was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 with a tumour at the base of his pituitary, which required surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy for 11 1/2 years.

Never once was his diet discussed or questioned. And he thought he was eating healthily. 5 years ago his typical day started with a bowl of muesli, low fat milk & fruit yoghurt, a glass of fruit juice, plus wholemeal toast with honey and peanut butter if he was in for a long operating session.

It wasn’t until our pharmacist mentioned to Gary in 2011 that he should consider trialling a drug called Metformin that he thought about the role of sugar and cancer. Metformin is currently used to manage Type 2 diabetes and interestingly – an unexpected side effect that had been noted in people using the drug was a reduced incidence of cancer, or a remission of their cancer. When Gary read up on Metformin its main role was to ‘stop the uptake of sugar’.

Gary questioned why he would take another medication when he could potentially just stop eating sugar??

He began asking questions from healthcare professionals and came up against a brickwall time and again. He began doing his own research into fructose metabolism which was only described by Luc Tappy in 2010, so research and textbooks written before this time don’t take any of this into account.

Researching the Warburg Effect made Gary question the role of sugar, insulin and cancer.

Gary’s cancer has not been active for 3 1/2 years since changing to a Low Carbohydrate Healthy Fat lifestyle. He has not required any more chemotherapy for his cancer since going into Nutritional Ketosis.

Nutritional Ketosis may be protective of healthy cells, while potentially starving cancer cells that use sugar as their energy source. It may just be the perfect adjunct to chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the initial stages of cancer diagnosis and the perfect management tool for longer term outcomes. It may even help prevent cancer in the first place …

That is why this research is so important to me.

Turning to the Wisdom of the Crowds, we need to ask people to invest in research that could potentially change their own health outcomes and those of their family’s.

I am proud to be supporting the work of Eugene Fine and Richard Feinman as researchers into a ketogenic diet and the role it plays in the management and health outcomes of people who are faced with the devastating diagnosis of cancer.

I realise many people reading this post already understand the importance of adopting a Low Carb Healthy Fat way of living for their health. And you probably don’t think you need to support research…

But the truth is, that until we can prove it; until we can present independent supportive research, we can’t change policy. We can’t ask for the national dietary guidelines to be changed to reflect the option of low carbohydrate management in Type 2 diabetes and to be considered as an adjunt to current cancer care. We can’t ask healthcare professionals to advise patients about the benefits because they honestly believe they risk losing their jobs. They risk losing their registration to peak medical and allied health professions, and they risk being silenced …

As a society, we continue to spend billions of dollars researching the role of chemotherapy, radiation and have looked at epigenetics for years, but we have almost completely ignored any research funding into the effect of nutrition and cancer.

I am asking you to help Eugene Fine and Richard Feinman start the conversations that will question the concept of cancer as a metabolic model of disease. Asking the question ‘what if the food people are eating also contributes to the incidence, and the short and long term health outcomes of cancer.

We have somehow ignored the idea that our nutrition also needs to be seen as an important adjunct to the role of chemotherapy and/or radiation in the management of cancer.

Despite mounting evidence from worldwide research into the adverse role sugar may be playing in cancer management, we continue to promote morning tea cancer fundraisers – literally exploding with refined sugars and highly processed foods, and invest millions of dollars raised for cancer research every year.

Please help make a difference.

Thank you for your support and for sharing this far and wide.

Belinda

https://experiment.com/projects/part-2-can-low-carbohydrate-ketogenic-diets-inhibit-cancers

https://www.facebook.com/belindanofructose/posts/1115110675250049

They are the biggest drug whores on the planet.

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“They give the word ‘whore’ a bad name. At least the sex worker is upfront about what is about to happen.”

Dr Jason Fung is a friend of Gary’s campaigning for the same concepts but in Canada.

He has some very clear statements to make about the medical profession receiving money, directly or indirectly, from Big Pharma and Big Food.

We are independent at Nutrition for Life and so proud of it.

Tomorrow I will post a request for you to support independent research which is dear to my heart. It is not for us but for independent researchers in the USA.

That research, if it proves itself, will truly impact outcomes for people with cancer.

Belinda.

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Medical Education

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