Internal Medicine and Cardiology Specialist Canan Karatay was a guest on Sözcü TV. Answering Simge Fıstıkoğlu’s questions, Karatay attracted attention with his statements. Stating that he has 111 accusations at the age of 81, the professor said that he may be the one to hold the record.
Karatay, who did not find the sugar loading given to expectant mothers in the 6th month of pregnancy appropriate, was sued for his statements on this issue.
“THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED A RECORD”
Talking about the lawsuits filed against him, Karatay said, “I have 111 files. Recently, a lawyer lady came as a patient. She says, ‘Sir, I have 90 files, as a lawyer, you have 111’. This can be considered a record. I am 81 years old and I have 111 accusations. Turkish Medical Association, associations, breast diseases Lawsuits filed by institutions such as , cancer associations, mother-child associations and the Gynecology Association due to my statement about sugar intake in pregnant women.” he said.
‘LET’S SILENCE THIS WOMAN’
The famous professor, who stated that some associations were taken into consideration regarding the issue of diabetes during pregnancy, talked about the correspondence between those associations about him as follows:
“Gestational diabetes is, of course, a problem. When I said this in 2015, all hell broke loose. All the Presidents of the Medical Association and the Gynecology Association attacked me. They even correspond with each other, there is correspondence. Here they say ‘let’s silence this woman, this woman will talk too much’. 2015 “They have been dealing with this case since 1999. They supposedly banned me from the profession, but none of it was implemented because I am right.”
DOES NOT RECOMMEND SUGAR LOADING DURING PREGNANCY
Karatay, who also commented on the issue of sugar intake during pregnancy, which is the subject of the lawsuit, said, “Sugar during pregnancy is harmful for the mother and the child, but why do you wait 6 months from the first day of a pregnant woman or from the moment she realizes her pregnancy? It is very simple to detect this without poisoning the mother and the baby.” There are ways, blood sugar will be checked, fasting blood sugar and postprandial blood sugar will be checked, that’s all. I call out to mothers, fasting blood sugar will be below 100, postprandial blood sugar. “It will be below 140. It’s that simple and the world is implementing it.” He stated:
Underlining the dangers of sugar on babies, the professor said, “Sugar is very dangerous. High sugar destroys the stem cells, especially in babies. In babies whose stem cells are destroyed in the womb, their lungs are damaged, their intestines are underdeveloped, their gastrointestinal tract is damaged, and their nervous system is underdeveloped.” He said that families who had problems with this issue had reached out to him before.
Karatay, who was very angry about this incident that had haunted him for a long time, said, “When these cases were filed against me, I received messages from at least 92 families and mothers. ‘I lost my child, my child was born before his intestines developed, my child was born before his lungs developed, my child was born with a hole in his heart.’ “I gave these in my defense.” He concluded his words by saying.