[RedWulf]

As Yaelle said, check out the keto diet. It will put your your diabetes into remission and greatly reduce inflammation which should help with your pain. I've lost 100 pounds, lost 30pt of high blood pressure and went from per-diabetic to normal in 8 months on the diet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq

Also: don't pay anyone for keto, it's simply a low carb/high fat diet. Everything you need for it can be found for free online and at the local grocery store.

[Yaelle]

RedWulf is right: you don’t need to spend ANYTHING to learn how to do keto. It’s all online.

Some surprises I found you can still be in keto while eating a dessert each day. I was doing VLC while pregnant and was so healthy. But my doc didn’t like me not gaining enough weight so he made me eat ice cream every night. And I stayed in keto.

However, starting is very difficult. You have to adjust and the first 4-5 days will have powerful cravings for sweet things. But after those first few days, those cravings are GONE. Make sure to eat some fiber every day, powdered and/or from fibrous veggies. Cooked is fine.