Diagnosed last fall with Type 2 diabetes, he had none of the usual risk factors and no symptoms. At 43, he was a trim 170, former athlete, nonsmoker with no family history of diabetes. That he had the disease was odd, but not impossible.
His doctor prescribed Actos, a commonly used first-line treatment, and suggested he meet with a nutritionist, who recommended Erik limit carbohydrates to 60 per meal -- and that was that. I assumed Erik could do this on his own, and paid little attention to what he ate. He is not...
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