Type 2 here

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3. That low-carb yogurt is a great suggestion!

I've got it on my shopping list. I love yogurt, and it's one of the things I miss eating. Didn't know about low-carb yogurt - how is the taste?

My doctor said he wouldn't recommend a high fat Atkins type diet, but also that he wouldn't stop me if I went that direction. With my numbers improving, he doesn't have much ammunition to get me eating low-fat/high carb. I refused the statin (an experiment with a statin almost killed me a few years ago), and my numbers are improving without medication. If my lipids get into the normal range, I'll also be rubbing my doc's nose in it.

That really sucks about your friend, and I'm not sure why doctor's and CDE's recommend so many carbs for diabetics. Both CDE's I visited told me to eat whatever carbs I want and dose my insulin accordingly. The studies I've read say that regular BG levels over 140 are the greatest risk factor for diabetes related complications, and the more carb intake per meal, the greater the chance that we bolus too much or too little. It's easier (and healthier) to just cut most of the carbs out of the diet. Like you, though, I have to eat at least a minimal amount of carbohydrate to keep my weight up.