In October of 2007, I started a new job that required a lot of travel. I worked out in the mornings, worked all day, and danced in the evenings. I decided to lose some weight, so I started drinking a lot more water, along with lowering my caloric intake. I knew NOTHING about diabetes. On November 19th, a friend made me go to urgent care...telling me I had diabetes, while I argued that I was just run down. When urgent care ambulanced me to the hospital, my blood sugar was 798! The next day, they did an a1c test, which showed that my 90-day average blood sugar was over 700... I was told that I'd be on insulin for life, trained on use of a blood sugar monitor and self-injection, and given classes on nutrition. I was released after 3.5 days in the hospital with a prescription for two types of insulin. I remembered reading "A Week in the Zone", and dug it out of my bookshelf...then went and bought "Mastering the Zone", and "The Anti-Inflammatory Zone". I started on the Zone Diet that day...and continued to monitor my blood sugar 7 times a day...administering insulin before every meal. By December 8th, my blood sugar was in the normal range...between 84 and 116, and I stopped injecting the insulin. I saw my doctor in late December, and brought her my Day Timer Diabetes record, showing her my diet and blood sugar readings. She was amazed...and told me to keep monitoring my blood sugar, though she had no idea how I could have gone from where I was to my current state. It's now June 29th, 7 months from my crisis, and I'm still on the Zone, with the addition of EicoPro at every meal...and my blood sugar has remained in the normal zone all this time. A side benefit is that I no longer need to take anti-arrhythmia medication (Cartia), as my atrial-fibrillation incidents have dropped to near zero, and they only last for an hour or so before I naturally cardiovert. For the record, I'm a 63-year old male, 6'1", about 250 pounds, and a life-long weightlifter and bicycle rider.