Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 I had a type 1 diabetic friend go into the hospital with second degree burns on his hand. Spilled boiled water on it. He's fine but the doctor that admitted him, put him on a 1200 ADA exchange diet. Two hours later, the new, recently college graduated, dietician came into his room. He took the doctors ADA exchange diet and threw it into the trash. He put my friend, a type 1 diabetic, on a 60 to 80 gram carbohydrate diet and loaded him up with meats and veggies! Wow! I'm impressed! You see, that is the first story of this kind I have heard of in my area. Most are stuck in the 1970's on the crappy ADA exchange diet. This really excited me that new/younger/more educated students are graduating and actually beginning to filter into the hospitals around here with modern practice! Just thought I'd pass this along since it is encouraging to see better educated staff entering the hospitals now. regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 This is a positive and good sign. I hope the doctors soon learn how to recommend nutrition for diabetics! success story! > I had a type 1 diabetic friend go into the hospital with second degree burns > on his hand. Spilled boiled water on it. He's fine but the doctor that > admitted him, put him on a 1200 ADA exchange diet. Two hours later, the new, > recently college graduated, dietician came into his room. He took the > doctors ADA exchange diet and threw it into the trash. He put my friend, a > type 1 diabetic, on a 60 to 80 gram carbohydrate diet and loaded him up with > meats and veggies! Wow! I'm impressed! > > You see, that is the first story of this kind I have heard of in my area. > Most are stuck in the 1970's on the crappy ADA exchange diet. This really > excited me that new/younger/more educated students are graduating and > actually beginning to filter into the hospitals around here with modern > practice! > > Just thought I'd pass this along since it is encouraging to see better > educated staff entering the hospitals now. > > regards, > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Just my guess but I'd say it will take another 5 years before carb counting is/will be viewed more as the standard diabetic treatment by doctors. As younger/more educated graduates enter the field, that newer treatment will begin to filter in more. It's a shame that doctors, mainly family practitioners in their mid forties and beyond, don't continue their education on diabetes. They try to be a jack of all trades and work with diabetes, a life threatening disease, and IMO they just can't do that efficiently. That is why there are endocrinologists to refer their diabetic patients too. Family pop docs IMO should stick with treating colds, flues, etc. rather than try to work with a life threatening disease. For example, would a family doctor try to work with a patient with cancer? Nope. They would refer them out to a specialist for treatment. So why would they try to work with diabetics, who have a life threatening disease, using old school treatment from the 1970's and have them eat diabetic exchange diets? I don't get it. I know you have educated your family doctor Harry on carb counting and how to do that but is that really your job as the patient? To educate a family doctor who probably makes close to 6 digits a year? Isn't it their job to continue their education? Most family pop docs, mid forties and beyond, don't continue their education with regards to diabetes. So, why don't they just refer out the diabetics to specialists? regards, success story! > > > > I had a type 1 diabetic friend go into the hospital with second degree > burns > > on his hand. Spilled boiled water on it. He's fine but the doctor that > > admitted him, put him on a 1200 ADA exchange diet. Two hours later, the > new, > > recently college graduated, dietician came into his room. He took the > > doctors ADA exchange diet and threw it into the trash. He put my friend, a > > type 1 diabetic, on a 60 to 80 gram carbohydrate diet and loaded him up > with > > meats and veggies! Wow! I'm impressed! > > > > You see, that is the first story of this kind I have heard of in my area. > > Most are stuck in the 1970's on the crappy ADA exchange diet. This really > > excited me that new/younger/more educated students are graduating and > > actually beginning to filter into the hospitals around here with modern > > practice! > > > > Just thought I'd pass this along since it is encouraging to see better > > educated staff entering the hospitals now. > > > > regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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