@ginaquilts I also missed the presentation but I agree that the two diets are in opposition to each other. I was a Type II diabetic for 5 years and had learned to control my blood sugars with diet, exercise and metformin. I enjoyed the foods that I could eat. After surgery for pancreatic cancer, I became a Type I diabetic. My diabetic nurse tells me the advantage of being a Type I diabetic is that if I eat too many carbs, I can just increase the amount of insulin I am taking. Chemo for the cancer gave me CKD and the dieticians at Mayo told me I should give up most of the foods I was enjoying. Blood tests show that my sodium, potassium and phosphorus are in the normal range (I am taking 2 meds to help with the phosphorus). I've met with 2 different dieticians lately and told them what I'm doing. Both have said that what I'm doing is working for me. I tell people that either the diabetes is going to get me or the CKD is going to get me, so I try to shoot down the middle with my diet and enjoy living and the foods I eat.