I went to a doctor for a yearly checkup. I blame the wife, anyhow...I am borderline diabetic. Was given 6 months to try and diet to get my numbers down or otherwise it was going to be medicaly labeled diabetic. Thank god I managed it. I no longer drink mountain dew like water. I actually drink water. I've cut way down on my dairy intake, so that helps with my high cholesteral. I switched to eating more chicken and fish years ago so that was already in place. And no, not fried, but baked. Skinless chicken breast when I do poultry. It has helped a lot.