[jimgardener]

my mom(who was a primary school teacher) had been a diabetic for about 10 years.The doctors who treated her told her to eat more wheat based meals instead of rice based ones and told her to increase the dosage of tablets when sugar level crossed 200 .No doctor ever told her about carb counting which IMO, was the first thing she should have been told.I came upon carb counting from some articles on the internet.She is trying this for the last couple of years and now her ppbs is 107.

[montecarl]

It seems that reducing dietary carbohydrates should be the primary treatment of most diabetics. Eating too many carbohydrates seems to be the cause for most people.

The conversation with the doctor/nurse should go something like:

You have diabetes. Your body has become insulin resistant because you ate too much sugary/starchy stuff. Eat less of it and you will get better.