They may be doing more harm than good for diabetes and lipid control. Author June Biermann goes even further than Dr. Brand-Miller does. Herself a type 1 diabetic for more than 30 years, Ms. Biermann has written nine books about diabetes together with Barbara Toohey. They opened the first SugarFree Center in Van Nuys, California, in 1981, sold it in 1986, and managed it until 1993. I started it and it worked beautifully.
Sugar is just another carb.
But many experts don t even apply that restriction. The government s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases takes a similar position. People with diabetes do not need special foods. The foods on your diabetes eating plan are the same foods that are good for everyone in your family. Recommending instead balance and variety, the association says these foods cost more, set up a false sense of security, and have no special advantages.