Question re Diabetic Living magazine
I just picked up the Fall/Winter issue, and I have two questions.
1) Why is this magazine so repetitive? Every issue is the same. Here's what to buy at the store. Here's how to divide up your plate. Why don't they do something useful like profiling people with diabetes who still manage to do interesting things (travel, exercise, whatever), or talk about research that is of interest to PWD?
2)Why does this magazine push the carbs? This issue has about four pages worth of "quick meal ideas" and all of them are useless to me, as they posit 45 carbs at a meal, even for breakfast. There's an article advising people to cut down on dietary fats, and another one warning you not to limit healthful carbohydrate, even if it means adding some more meds to your regime.
1) Why is this magazine so repetitive? Every issue is the same. Here's what to buy at the store. Here's how to divide up your plate. Why don't they do something useful like profiling people with diabetes who still manage to do interesting things (travel, exercise, whatever), or talk about research that is of interest to PWD?
2)Why does this magazine push the carbs? This issue has about four pages worth of "quick meal ideas" and all of them are useless to me, as they posit 45 carbs at a meal, even for breakfast. There's an article advising people to cut down on dietary fats, and another one warning you not to limit healthful carbohydrate, even if it means adding some more meds to your regime.
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Permalink Reply by Jeannie Wagner on -
When I was first dx'd I subscribed to Diabetic Living for 3 years. It was a waste of money. They always have a picture of a gooey chocolate dessert on the cover and in a big number will say 3 carbs. When you turn to the recipe you see it is 3 exchanges or 45 carbs for a small slice. They also use sugar and flour in a lot of their recipes. I have rarely seen them pushing any kind of carb counting diet. Most of the adds are medications or insulins. I finally just let my subscripton run out.
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Permalink Reply by Randy on -
Isn't this an ADA publication? That would explain the otherwise unexplainable. On the bright side it may be a good fire starter.
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Permalink Reply by Randy on
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My bad. Then I guess it is just main stream bumbling and misinformation to blame. This was very confusing to me when first diagnosed. Everywhere I looked I was being told to eat MORE carbs than I would before my DX. Ultimately this obviously bad information (from all the "expert" sources) is what lead me to do my own research and experimenting. So, in the long run it served a purpose, but too many PWD follow this advise thinking they are doing just fine. Especially Type 2's who are told only to test once a day and sometimes less! This sort of thing makes me furious!
First, do no harm.
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Permalink Reply by bsc on -
Well, the editor of Diabetic Living is a member here. She is a diabetic herself and has generally been responsive to questions.
In my opinion, Diabetic Living has aligned itself to give "mainstream" ADA derived advice. If you look editorial staff, they are the "old guard" including Hope Warshaw and Marion Franz. The magazine is highly vetted and controlled by the ADA and the ADtA. By definition that means that it advocates a high carb diet, using extensive medications and the inevitability of poor blood sugar control and complications. And the reason it is repetitive is that it is focused on the "newly diagnosed" for whom it will always seem new (at least until they actually figure out the diabetes deal).
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Permalink Reply by Frances on -
Oh. Well, that 'splains that. :( I wish there were a magazine for experienced diabetics.
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Permalink Reply by Zoe on -
Seems pretty typical of "recipes for diabetics" whose main goal seems to be to tell us we can "eat like normal people" (good luck with that!). Not that so called normal eating is too healthy - at least not in the U.S. anyway! I only bought one diabetic cookbook early on and thank goodness I bought it used so I didn't waste too much money. TuDiabetes members could do a much better job than anything that's out there.
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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on
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I am not sure I entirely buy the allegation that there's a conspiracy between the ADA, Diabetic Living and other affiliated organizations and or publications? I can't imagine the smoking gun is worth more than maybe a minivan?
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Permalink Reply by karen on -
Um, well I eat 45 carbs at a meal, and I am a long time diabetic and I happen to like recipes that boast nutrition which may include some carbs and may very well be lower in fat (I have other issues besides D!). So maybe the mag is for folks who can and do eat like normal people. If it isn't providing any useful information for you, then quit reading it! And for g'ness sake...write a letter to the editor and tell them what you think of their rag.
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Permalink Reply by bsc on
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Well there ya go. There are people who like the magazine. These things are of course a "choice."
But on the other hand, you really won't find magazines that are friendly to low carb. They are vulnerable to attack from the ADA and ADtA.
It is entirely appropriate to write to the editor and ask for better low carb options. I've done this with other magazines like diabeteshealth.
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Permalink Reply by Emmy on -
I'd say forget Diabetic Living and all other "diabetic" magazines and cookbooks. They're all pushing too many carbs.
What I look for are low carb cookbooks, and websites. There might be a low carb magazine, but I don't usually waste money on magazines. I'd rather get a book.
I have put together my own collection of low carb recipes from various sources, and that's where I look when I want to bake or have something different. I can't blow all my carbs on desert!
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