Although doctors are quick to prescribe medication to lower blood sugar, they overlook the adverse side effects of these drugs. While they may decrease blood sugar levels, they also increase the risk of heart disease, which is the cause of death for 75 percent of all diabetics. Dr. Whitaker's experience over the past 25 years in treating thousands of patients with type 2 diabetes is that far equally effective nutritional therapies can usually the need for drugs.Regular exercise, a healthy diet (low-fat, avoid sugar and refined carbohydrates), and a good nutritional supplement program will go a long way toward preventing and treating type 2 diabetes. Herbs, minerals, and a potent multivitamin and mineral with high amounts of antioxidants, B-complex vitamins, and magnesium are essential. These very powerful nutritional therapies can protect diabetics against a lifetime of drugs and physical deterioration.