I have type 2 diabetes. I've beed doing atkins since I found out about my diabetes diagnoses in july 2003. I have high blood sugar.so what I know is for me the diet I was eating prior to atkins. Which was a high carb diet put my pancreas into a insulin overload.I may of been insulin resistant before the diabetes but didn't catch it in time.I control my diabetes by doing atkins.I take no medication at all.I know for me that I will have to do this for life.My doctor knows I'm doing atkins, and is totally ok with it.She says keep doing what I'm doing.So maybe those nurses need to do alittle reasearch on low carbing.