No carb diet

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  • Aemely
    Aemely Posts: 694 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    ...We all know Mediterranean food includes pasta and bread in moderation.

    I hope you have an appointment with a less-confused doctor ASAP. Good luck!

    Great, helpful post. I wish there was a LIKE button! :+1:
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,053 Member
    She may have meant "No carbs except for what's listed here" - you could clear this up in a quick phone call.

    But since you're not comfortable with her for other reasons, I agree with your desire to switch doctors. Is your psychiatrist part of this practice? Might be good to have a team meeting.
    micheledarley2012 wrote: »
    Thank you for all of the replies!
    She wrote no carb on my new diet plan which says Mediterranean diet on it. She is actually part of a very large practice that is part of our local hospital and very well respected. I do think I'm going to call and ask for a new doctor as she makes me feel so uncomfortable. I'm going to see the dietitian in two weeks and hopefully that will help me get some tips on cooking and such. I also want to have my primary care doctor look at my blood work, because he takes the same medication I do and has done bloodwork on me for the last eight or nine months and I want him to see the blood sugar and insulin information.

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  • micheledarley2012
    micheledarley2012 Posts: 24 Member
    SherryTeach wrote: »
    micheledarley2012 wrote: »
    StrengthIsBeautiful wrote: »
    micheledarley2012 wrote: »
    To top it off, a medication that I'm taking is known to cause diabetes, but my weight-loss doctor is not really looking at that, and just telling me that I'm doing well dieting and I should keep it up and add more exercise. I'm frustrated because I've never had issues with blood sugar or insulin before and I feel like this woman is not listening to me. If anyone is on a carb free diet and has some foods they like that they could share with me I would really appreciate it. I have already given up all of the bad food, but I'm not really sure what to eat.

    Very curious- is it the weight loss Dr. that prescribed to you the med that is known to cause diabetes? If not, your other Dr. should review the blood work and the two of you should discuss the risks of taking that med. Otherwise, I would definitely seek another opinion from a primary care or endocrinologist.

    No, my psychiatrist prescribed it.

    Why would a psychiatrist be counseling people about nutrition? My boyfriend is a psychiatrist and he admits that he knows less about nutrition than I do.

    My psychiatrist prescribed me a medication that can be known to cause diabetes. Nothing to do with nutrition. If your boyfriend treats bipolar or schizophrenic patients he should know what medication group I'm talking about.

  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    edited July 2015
    There's a few people who've written that maybe the Doctor wrote no carbs meaning no starchy or refined carbs because this is what a lot of people think carbs are. I don't think a Doctor should be making assumptions like this about a patient's level of knowledge. There's a huge risk that either the patient already knows what a carb is or that they'll go home and google "no carb diet" and come up with an overly restrictive diet. Hard to see how making an assumption like this should be favoured over actually educating the patient about carbohydrates and using correct terms.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    We all know Mediterranean food includes pasta and bread in moderation.

    Don't forget rice.

  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    We all know Mediterranean food includes pasta and bread in moderation.

    Don't forget rice.

    Oops, yes, of course! Thanks.
    micheledarley2012 wrote: »
    SherryTeach wrote: »
    micheledarley2012 wrote: »
    StrengthIsBeautiful wrote: »
    micheledarley2012 wrote: »
    To top it off, a medication that I'm taking is known to cause diabetes, but my weight-loss doctor is not really looking at that, and just telling me that I'm doing well dieting and I should keep it up and add more exercise. I'm frustrated because I've never had issues with blood sugar or insulin before and I feel like this woman is not listening to me. If anyone is on a carb free diet and has some foods they like that they could share with me I would really appreciate it. I have already given up all of the bad food, but I'm not really sure what to eat.

    Very curious- is it the weight loss Dr. that prescribed to you the med that is known to cause diabetes? If not, your other Dr. should review the blood work and the two of you should discuss the risks of taking that med. Otherwise, I would definitely seek another opinion from a primary care or endocrinologist.

    No, my psychiatrist prescribed it.

    Why would a psychiatrist be counseling people about nutrition? My boyfriend is a psychiatrist and he admits that he knows less about nutrition than I do.

    My psychiatrist prescribed me a medication that can be known to cause diabetes. Nothing to do with nutrition. If your boyfriend treats bipolar or schizophrenic patients he should know what medication group I'm talking about.

    Have you made an appointment with a new doctor, or seen the "no carbs" doctor for them to clarify?
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    gainesma wrote: »
    jgc4444 wrote: »
    I WOULD DEFINITELY LISTEN TO EVERY PERSON ON HERE FOR THE MOST PART. IM A DIABETIC AND YOU CANNOT CUT OUT CARBS COMPLETELY. DIABETIC OR NOT. I WOULD CERTAINLY GET A SECOND OPINION. THE ONLY THING YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO EAT IS MEAT. SORRY DONT MEAN TO YELL BUT THAT DR IS A FOOL. CUT BACK MOST DEFINITELY NOT ELIMINATE. JUST MY OPINION.

    Agree but you can seriously cut them to 30 to 50g grams just fine. .. Her doctor may be trying to make a point that her diabetes is bad enough that 0 carbs wouldn't hurt her at all...

    OP is not diabetic.

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