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This is a curious contradiction. The one person group at the link below
advocates an ultra high carb diet, as seen in the meal plans given, while
the article appended below says a diabetic should avoid that exact same
diet type. So which is it, follow the article or the meal plans on the
web site, both can't be what a diabetic should do? That site is a bait
and switch site for anti animal product consumption propaganda.
>Visit the Physicians Committee for Resposnible Medicine
>for excellent food recommendations:
>
>http://www.pcrm.org
>
>
>Diabetes Diet War
>
>By Dara Mayers
>U.S. News & World Report
>Sunday, July 6, 2003
>
>The bible says "make starches the star." That's the
>Diabetes Food and Nutrition Bible, published by the
>American Diabetes Association. "Grains, beans, and
>starchy vegetables form the foundation of the Diabetes
>Food Pyramid. The message is to eat more of these foods
>than of any of the other food groups." For 17 million
>Americans with diabetes, diet is a crucial part of
>treatment, And what the ADA bible preaches, many doctors,
>nutritionists, and patients believe.
>
>But what if the ADA's high-starch diet -- another way of
>saying high-carbohydrate -- is not healthy for people
>with diabetes but harmful to them instead?
>
>This possibility is now the source of heated debate in
>the diabetes community. It is "the most controversial
>aspect of diabetes treatment today," says Scott King,
>editor-in-chief of Diabetes Interview magazine. How
>controversial? "Malpractice!" is how physician and
>diabetes specialist Lois Jovanovic, chief scientific
>officer of the Sansum Medical Research Institute in Santa
>Barbara, Calif., describes conventional high-carb
>nutrition advice.
>
>Carb consequences. These arguments are more intense than
>the nutrition wars over low-carb . . .
> [...]
>This is only an excerpt -- read the complete news at:
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030710/bs_nm/health_abbott_
>earns_dc_6
>
>Visit the Physicians Committee for Resposnible Medicine
>for excellent food recommendations:
>
>http://www.pcrm.org
>
>Jai Maharaj
advocates an ultra high carb diet, as seen in the meal plans given, while
the article appended below says a diabetic should avoid that exact same
diet type. So which is it, follow the article or the meal plans on the
web site, both can't be what a diabetic should do? That site is a bait
and switch site for anti animal product consumption propaganda.
>Visit the Physicians Committee for Resposnible Medicine
>for excellent food recommendations:
>
>http://www.pcrm.org
>
>
>Diabetes Diet War
>
>By Dara Mayers
>U.S. News & World Report
>Sunday, July 6, 2003
>
>The bible says "make starches the star." That's the
>Diabetes Food and Nutrition Bible, published by the
>American Diabetes Association. "Grains, beans, and
>starchy vegetables form the foundation of the Diabetes
>Food Pyramid. The message is to eat more of these foods
>than of any of the other food groups." For 17 million
>Americans with diabetes, diet is a crucial part of
>treatment, And what the ADA bible preaches, many doctors,
>nutritionists, and patients believe.
>
>But what if the ADA's high-starch diet -- another way of
>saying high-carbohydrate -- is not healthy for people
>with diabetes but harmful to them instead?
>
>This possibility is now the source of heated debate in
>the diabetes community. It is "the most controversial
>aspect of diabetes treatment today," says Scott King,
>editor-in-chief of Diabetes Interview magazine. How
>controversial? "Malpractice!" is how physician and
>diabetes specialist Lois Jovanovic, chief scientific
>officer of the Sansum Medical Research Institute in Santa
>Barbara, Calif., describes conventional high-carb
>nutrition advice.
>
>Carb consequences. These arguments are more intense than
>the nutrition wars over low-carb . . .
> [...]
>This is only an excerpt -- read the complete news at:
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030710/bs_nm/health_abbott_
>earns_dc_6
>
>Visit the Physicians Committee for Resposnible Medicine
>for excellent food recommendations:
>
>http://www.pcrm.org
>
>Jai Maharaj