The typical diabetic diet is really stupid. I know of an elderly person who had a high carb/sugar diet her entire life. It was excessive. She was about 300lbs. Finally, she becomes a diabetic. She lost about 60lbs but her diet still doesn't make much sense to me. Weight doesn't mean everything. She's still low on energy mentally and physically. She's now on a low fat/low sugar/low carb diet and she barely eats any protein. She's just now eating smaller or fake versions of all her previous foods. Splenda instead of sugar. A half a pint of icecream as a treat a few times a week instead of a full pint every day. Fake butter on her canned vegetables because real butter is "bad". Fake oils like Canola instead of olive oil. A package of Whole Grain/Wheat crackers instead of a package of Saltines. They won't even let her eat regular, natural peanut butter...they give her low fat Jiffy peanut butter!


It's probably the medication she's on controlling her insulin/blood sugar more than her diet. Her diet is just horrid.