Well said, Mark... makes a lot of sense to me... My wife and I have had this sugar debate a lot, and your explanation makes sense -- we don't really need all that refined sugar anyway, and I was getting tons by drinking 3-6 Cokes a day (or more) before my diagnosis... I'm a water and juice man now (homemade veggie and fruit juices not storebought ones with lots of added sugar)

I haven't gone total veggie, for reasons you mentioned above (plus I do want to keep calories up), but we are definitely spending a lot of time in the produce aisle. We spent more than an hour shopping for fruits and veggies tonight, and I was actually excited about eating all of the fresh things we bought... it just feels good to eat well...