Nice they have 10 of the Nocturnum at my local Bevmo. I'll have to try it and congrats on dropping your A1C and stay away from those poisonous carbs
I don't avoid carbs, I still eat everything as long as one thing is missing called refined sugar aka glucose
Pasta, rice, bread, potatoes, fruit, all carbs but the pasta is spelt or wholegrain, rice is whole, I can make a list but the bottom line is REFINED sugar, aka glucose, and anything with sugar added, is out unless it's alcohol related and then quantities are limited. No white wheat flour, no shite processed food, just decent home cooking using proper food that isn't filled with chemicals.
The other thing is the quantity on the plate in front of you, I got the warning and heeded it. Stop shovelling so much down the throat, lose excess blubber, everything comes in order.
Type 2 is mainly a lifestyle disease, although there's also a genetic factor with me, but the bottom line is I dropped 17kg since my stay in hospital in August, 23kg lost in around 10 months, the dietitian told me to lose 5kg in a year and I told her she would get at least 10 because anyone can lose 5 without trying, and I made some pretty minor changes to my diet but, mainly, the biggest change was how much was on the plate.
That's all it needed, eat less, lose blubber and be more aware of WHAT is being eaten. Simple as that.
And the secret weapon? Buckwheat. We don't have regular flour any more, that stuff is used to make pizza bases, sauces, whatever. If you can make it using wheat flour, then you can with buckwheat and it's much better for you and you get a lovely flavour added to whatever thanks to the buckwheat. And, iirc, if you have problems with gluten then buckwheat is a good solution as I think it's low/zero gluten so your penis won't take off like an ICBM (Yes, I saw that documentary called South Park).
As I say, I got the warning and heeded it. Countless others don't. I know I'll outlive them but that's their problem.