DIABETES 155fine researcher, say that such a diet is "impractical" and thereby preju-
dice his listeners before they even consider the evidence?
Yes, changing your lifestyle may seem impractical. It may seem im-
practical to give up meat and high-fat foods, but I wonder how practical
it is to be 350 pounds and have Type 2 diabetes at the age of fifteen, like
the girl mentioned at the start of this chapter. I wonder how practical it
is to have a lifelong condition that can't be cured by drugs or surgery; a
condition that often leads to heart disease, stroke, blindness or amputa-
tion; a condition that might require you to inject insulin into your body
every day for the rest of your life.
Radically changing our diets may be "impractical," but it might also
be worth it.