Julie Bove wrote in message ...speaking of doctors telling someone to
cut back on starches

>What's bad is the advice she was given. Not that it's bad to cut
back on
>carbs, but because it is so vague. She needs to know why she was
told that.
>Does she have diabetes? Prediabates? She needs to know the reason,
be given
>the appropriate testing and follow-up and use a meter to test her own
blood
>sugar at home. Until she tests herself she will not know what is
"bad" for
>her or not.


You said what I was getting ready to say. Surely they gave her a
reason for cutting back on starches, and if the reason was diabetes or
prediabetes, they should be advising her to test.

Cheri