I have studied and worked on my type 2 diabetes for 13 years after watching my husband die from his many diseases. Before that, I suffered from low blood sugar and received no help from my doctor except to eat often and carry cheese. I learned from a friend of a friend how to eat and work on my stress level and even studied at the college level to finally get back to safe blood sugar levels. One textbook claimed I was mentally unbalanced, which I was when my blood sugar levels dropped too low. So I was surprised to be diagnosed with high blood sugar, although I was aware that I was not getting enough exercise for the calories I was eating. What I have never read is how did my body change so that I became diabetic and why can'/t I change it back so I do not have the disease anymore. Did eating cause the problem? Did my pancreas quit working? Is my insulin system dying? Why am I supposed to live with the problem the rest of my life? I understand symptoms but not cause. It is not like chicken pox. It is not in the air, I do not believe. A pill doesn't fix it. Dorisena