Our friend I spoke of has no family history at all of diabetes and his came on suddenly after a devestating divorce... there is a link in stress and autoimmune and some viral attacks on the immune system, which makes this study all the more interesting.
I think stress IS related - my daughter is a softball player and experieced alot of stress in her senior year of high school. She does well with her diabetes and is very active (a collegiate player) could eat more vegetables but she is a picky eater, so vitamins are supplemented and that has made a big difference as well. My son drinks pomogranate juice (looks like a wine bottle and is at Sams Club for about 22.00) that helped him alot running cross country this fall! He swears by that stuff! I tried to get her to drink it but she hated the taste...