Cutting calories is not how you lose weight according to Gary Taubes. The source of calories to satisfy your energy needs is either fat or carbohydrates. Focussing on low-fat foods means eating more carbohydrates, exactly opposite of what a diabetic does not need. The only fats to avoid are polyunaturated (seed oils) and trans fats. Meet your energy needs with saturated and monounsaturated fats for 70-80% of your daily intake of calories. Also eliminating inflammatory foods such as wheat will be beneficial.

Just another shameless advertisement for the Dummies book.

I think a great deal more emphasis should be placed on the genetic component of diabetes. My husband is slim, the perfect weight for his age. He does strenuous exercise three times a week at least and was doing this long before he had Type 2 diabetes.

His mother had diabetes as did much of her family. He has no other markers for the disease but genetics. The emphasis now being placed on obesity and lack of exercise makes everyone who has diabetes suspect of eating too much and not exercising enough. It also causes strangers and even insurance companies to assume you are responsible for your own illness when there was really very little you could do to avoid it. It's in your genetics.

I, on the other hand am pleasantly plump don't exercise near as often and don't have any signs of diabetes. The only difference between us is that I have no history of diabetes running in my family. Plain and simple. That should be the primary message.

What a ridiculous article - besides providing no new information, the article is applicable to anyone hoping to lose weight - not as the tag line purports for DIABETES.