Hi, I am worried about this dr of yours. You are posting this on the Dr Bernstein thread, have you read his book? especially the appendix entitled "what about dietary restrictions on fat, protein and salt?" if you haven't you can read it online at
http://www.diabetes-normalsugars.com. Atkins says you cannot do lc and lowfat. Dr Bernstein is even more emphatic, you CANNOT keep bg's under good control without low-carb. You cannot fill up the rest of your diet with protein, that leaves fat. Here's the good news - "Independent studies in Texas and California demonstrated lower levels of blood sugar AND IMPROVED BLOOD LIPIDS when patients were put on lower-carbohydrate, high-fat diets. It was also shown that for every 1% increase in Ac1, total serum cholesterol rose 2.2% and triglycerides increased 8%." "the evidence is now simply overwhelming that elevated blood sugar is the major cause of the high serum lipid levels among diabetics, and more significantly, the major factor in the high rates of various heart and vascular diseases associated with diabetes." In other words his doc is asking him to forget about good bg control, for the dubious benefits of a lowfat diet, which in my own case lowered my good cholesterol to the danger point, put the triglycerides through the roof, and put my ac1 at 7.2. Let this dr earn his money, read the chapter, he/she won't want to spend off hours doing that, but if she can refute any of what he says, and he's got the studies and his clinical experience, then go low fat. In most cases of diabetics going lc, and you can read cases here and on the Dr B page, blood sugars improve, people take far less meds or sometimes none, and lipid profiles improve to. the standard ADA diet just doesn't do that, oral meds, insulins, statins, blood pressure lowering med, weight gain, no thanks. I wish there were more drs following Dr B's approach, as it is, we have to go against them, show them our good ac1 readings, they know in their hearts they could never get us there even with industrial doses of meds.Also read the site called "Cholesterol Myths" by Uve Ravsknov, you will quit worrying about fat. Best wishes,Bill P.S, I 've posted it before, but if you like I will tell you about MY experience with the Ornish lowfat "treatment"