That is even more disappointing that a young doctor did not prescribe lifestyle changes first! Many med schools focus only on the meds and have little or no time for nutrition or lifestyle as a therapy.

I am blessed to be in an area where doctors do get some nutrition training, Dr Eric Westman teaches it at Duke, and my Duke GP supports his LC clinic program for me. But he's given some fun advice....if you think your doctor would go nuts over a low carb diet, say that you have been doing a "Modified Mediterranean Diet" and exercise Rare is the doctor who would drill down to find out the macros of exactly what you modified. Current dogma is Mediterranean = Good, so if you come back with a lower Hba1c not using the meds, that should be OK.


But if you want to look for another doctor...