My friend is diabetic and always had trouble with her numbers. She felt stress over everything she ate that she really wanted to eat. She got a wake up call and decided cut out all simple carbs. She says she feel better then she ever has. Her numbers are steady and she no longer dreads testing every day. She said the first few months were hard and she felt deprived and angry but that passed and it's better then forever six feet under before her time. I think simple carbs is as hard to quit as quiting tobacco. She doesn't try to find alternative foods for sweets or carbs.