Hiya, I have been in a similar situation, I have a good friend who lives far away so I don't see her often. She is severely obese and is on medication for type II diabetes. I'm concerned about her health and I feel that low carbing would help her diabetes. Unfortunately, weight is a very sensitive issue for her, a political issue even, and I don't feel like I could suggest low carbing. There's no way I could without it sounding like I was telling her to lose weight.

What I have done is, I wrote in my online journal (which she reads) about how good I feel because of low carb, and how my own blood sugar symptoms have disappeared. I was hoping she'd ask me about it but she didn't. I feel really badly about not doing more because I feel like LC could help her and maybe even lengthen her life. BUT, like you said she's an adult and it's not my place to tell her what to do.

So I don't have any advice for you I'm afraid, just my sympathy because I know how you feel.