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Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into Diabetes

House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport Inquiry into Diabetes in Australia.
In May 2023, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport opened an inquiry into the prevention, diagnosis, and management of all forms of diabetes, and obesity in Australia.

A selection of submissions supporting dietary change as a solution.

Silent No More

The Barriers to Preventing and Reversing Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. James Muecke (29 minutes)

Published by:Low-Carb Downunder - August, 2021

Dr James Muecke AM is a South Australian based ophthalmologist and visiting consultant at Royal Adelaide and Women’s and Children’s Hospitals. Dr. Muecke graduated with Honours from the University of Adelaide Medical School in 1987. Following his internship, James lived and worked as a doctor in Africa and subsequently as an eye surgeon in the Middle East, battling malaria, wild animals, and rebel soldiers. He founded Sight For All in 2008, turning his boundless energy into a fight against blindness in the Aboriginal communities of Australia and some of the poorest countries of Asia and Africa.

PDF Files from Selected Contributors

The reason for the failure of the health systems, failure to reduce the incidence of diabetes, and the impact of diabetes on society in obvious, when you read these submissions. Particularly the submissions from long established organisations in the area. The Australian Diabetes Association for instance is captured by it's commercial funders. While the Dietitians Australia is captured by both faulty Australian Dietary Guidelines, and by funding sources. Too many long established organisations are pleading for money for staff and research, but they seem to offer little prospect of change in the rate of new diabetes cases. Some of the best contributions come from patients.

Endocrinology? - a Solution or Part of the Problem

As a professional group endocrinologists are the most highly trained professional specialists in the care of diabetes patients. But they are very focused on the latest "magic medication" and seem to assume that for any patient referred to them, every lifestyle and dietary tactic has already failed. For instance T2D remission has never been raised as a possibility. Low Carb diets not recommended. Access to CGM's was not offered. There are several reports in the submissions, that think the visit to the endocrinologist was mostly a waste of time. Anyway, make up your own mind.

401/ Endocrine Society of Australia - Causes of Diabetes - Obesity - Treatments

378/ ANZS for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes - T1D - Diabetes in Schools - T2D in Youths

275/ Dr Alexia Pape - Endocrinologist - Prevention - Health Funding - Technology

046/ T1D - Stigma - Mental Health

052/ T1D - Self Education - Endocrinologist and High Carb Diet

164/ T1D - Discrimination - Hospital Foods - HbA1c -

280/ T1D - Insulin supply - Low Carb Eating - CGM's - Sharps - Endocrinologist Unhelpful

315/ T2D - Professional Advice Poor - Unhealthy Diet - Endocrinologist Clueless - Ignore Diabetes Australia

Patient Testimonials - Type One Diabetes

079/ Jane MacDonald - Type One Diabetes - Low Carb advocate. - Dr Richard Bernstein

279/ Male - Type One for 37 years. Still fit and well.

136/ Son diagnosed at 13 years of age. Worried about the future.

119/ The importance of Continuous Glucose Monitors

107/ David Adams - Insulin Pumps and CGM's - Common data standards

108/ Type 1 Diabetic for 42 years - Low Carb for the last 10 years - Much better health

Patient Testimonials - Type Two Diabetes

081/ Bevan Bruse - James Muecke - Diabetes Reversal - Ketogenic Diet

172/ Diagnosis at 56 years - 10 years T2D - Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction - Dr Sarah Hallberg - T2D is preventable

315/ Carbohydrate Addiction - Educating GP's - Aust. Dietary Guidelines - Gestational Diabetes

Patient Testimonials - Special Cases of Diabetes

165/ Type 2 Diabetes - Pancreatitis - Cancer - CGM's

Patient Training and Self Care

456/ Simon Carter, CEO of Jade Diabetes

218/ The Australian Patients Association

220.2/ FOODcent$ and the Cancer Council of Western Australia

Indigenous and Pacific People

388/ Too Deadly for Diabetes - Ray Kelly

248.3/ Diabetes Australia - Social Determinants of Health - 20 Recommendations

The Best of Organisations Working Inside the Standard Protocol

Most of the established organisations, hospitals, research groups, diabetes health specialists offer very little. They always talk about the wonderful work they are doing. They explain how difficult and complex the work is, and the need for more money and more trained staff and they promise to continue with business as usual. These few are better than that.

298/ Cancer Council of Australia

085/ Western Sydney Diabetes

221/ Australian Diabetes Educators Association

248/ Diabetes Australia - Much detail - 28 pages - 31 Recommendations