Diabetes is a dietary disease though the doctor will never tell you that ! Read or look at utube, jason Fung, MD. Fasting and low carbs will bring down your numbers. I love it ! I am on no medicine, prediabetic, age 75 and 120lbs for the past 20 years. What makes the numbers go down is when you fast the body is not producing insulin, insulin makes you fat and can give you Type 2. I should say not producing lots of insulin. I have coffee with mild and water in the AM.