'Health' reporters don't seem to know that most carbohydrates (especially those highly touted starches) turn into sugar quickly inside our bodies.
Here is a timely article from a heart disease related blog but it applies equally well to diabetes...
http://www.trackyourplaque.com/blog/2011/06/bread-equals-sugar.html
Carbs create T2 diabetes. I never fail to be stunned when I realize that there are still people who don’t get this.