Personally I think for the most part people are supportive. But occasionally people are going to misread a question or comment. It's difficult when it's only a written word. Honestly there is going to be a strong reaction which is negative when people post that they ate foods which should be avoided by a diabetic and state "I ate X and it didn't affect my bs". This is not helping those who are new and struggling with the diagnosis and finding their way through the information that is available. This group is supportive, but we don't enable poor choices or bad information being posted on this group. I, for one, was encouraged to research my disease, my meds, nutrition, exercise. I was given the tools too start my journey, to become well informed, and make my own decisions based upon good scientific evidence. While anecdotal information may provide some temporary help to some, it's not based upon fact, which is what we need. So when people say my bs is 400 and I age a whole pizza and someone says drink pickle juice it's not going to help in the long run, they need information how to change their thoughts about food and how to go about a life change.
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