Diabetics need to master their own individual diet.  Most diabetics are overweight.  Their style of replenishing energy caused them ingest more energy than they burn off, so they gained weight.  The weight gain was slow, hardly noticeable even over even a year.  But the small weight gain continued year after year, until they were substantially overweight,  usually by 40 to 60 pounds. What's worse, the excess weight caused diabetes, or contributed to its severity.

     Weight loss, especially early in the course of diabetes, causes substantial reductions in blood sugar, often to normal levels.  How much has to be lost to accomplish this feat?  The good newsmis that you dond't have to get entirely back to normal; but you do have to lose enough weight to get within about 40 pounds of you ideal body weight.

     But few poeple know enough about diet and food to really control their diet.  Each of us knows of relatives, friends, or neighbors who are on a diet.  They talk about things like high carbohydrate diet, carbohydrate busters diet, high protein diet, low protein diet, spinach diet, rice diet, seafood diet.   Most want to lose or maintain weight.  Some are diabetic.  Each is enamored with their new diet --- at least temporarily. 

     However, probably not one of the dieters knows their own caloric or nutritional requirements (the goal), and probably not one understands the scientific principles upon which their diet is based (how they can achieve the goal).  This approach to dieting makes about as much sense as heading out to as Vegas  without knowing where Las Vegas is, or how one intends to get there.  An understanding of personal dietary and nutritional requirements, and how to achieve them will enhance success at following the diet and achieving an optimal dietary outcome.