Perhaps the link below is old or obvious news but it was a very interesting 5 year Danish study to me...

Essentially, it says that we (diabetics) are as likely to die of a cardiac event (including stroke) as are non-diabetics that have already had one heart attack. I assume they are talking about the "normal" diabetic, perhaps ones that follow similar recommendations of the ADA or other worldwide standards... or even lower standards.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/healt...142355520080331

If my assumption is correct (re: standards used), this would seem to be another compelling reason for not being among the "normal" populaion of diabetics... i.e., it is much better to be a diabetic with normalized bg's rather than being a "normal" diabetic... of course, I also assume that normalized bg's dictate fewer complications as per Bernstein's thesis. I trust and believe he is correct. Too bad that so few of us buy into it.

/smile