Goodweed, I wish I could fix it for you! No, as you notice, I said "SOME" diabetics.
Yes, I know we were lucky enough that my husband took his warning call early enough and didn't wait for a "wake up call". And I do know he will eventually go though all the stages of diabetes. Over the holilday season, a good freind of ours could see that hubby was paying attention to what he was eating (not being religious about it, just prioritizing ... I can have this if I don't have that). He made fun of him. "Is that really necessary?" he asked. Everyone in the room was somehow connected to a diabetic (such is our life nowadays) and yelled, "YES". Not everyone can control it, period. Not everyone has the desire to control it (my husband isn't even 60 yet, and has an uncle who died rather than have a leg amputated). And not everyone has the basic dislike we have for most of junk food and not much a like of sweets. But if we can stave it off for as long as we can, without giving up too much of our lifestyle, we are grateful. I'm not really nurse material. So I'm very grateful that I never really learned to cook crap food or have a taste for it, and neither did he. Otherwise we'd be up that well known creek without a paddle.
BUT ... AND EVERYONE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION HERE. EVERY SINGLE BODY IS DIFFERENT. HEADING IT OFF FOR MY HUSBAND HAS WORKED FOR AN ENTIRE .... YEAR? HE'S NOT 60, WHICH MEANS A LONG ROAD TO GO. No one is the same. Because something doesn't work for you, doesn't mean it won't for someone else, and vice versa. I've known as many people who were serious athletes who died of heart disease prematurely (as in before 60) as fatties who lived on T-bones and fried food. (My husband and I have spent much time being fatties by some standards -- but who rarely eat food that is bad for us ... we just eat too darned much of it).
I have a great uncle who ate slices of toast thickly spread with bacon fat every morning of his life, and was hale and hearty at 80+. We all know these stories.
We just get to a point where we have to decide what our priorities are. My husband decided his. I'm still considering mine. As I said, luckily, most of what I like is good food. It is just balance I'm working at!
No, you can't cure diabetes by diet. Who are we kidding? But maybe you can procrastinate a lot of the negative effects by working at it. In my case, the day my husband needs a shot, my life will be .......... so, I'm inspired.
