Diabetes Management in Low-Income Hispanic Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. History of diabetic ketoacidosis
• •2. Gestational diabetes
• •3. Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent;
• •4. Plans to move out of the area within the 12-month study period;
• •5. Required intermittent glucocorticoid therapy within the past 3 months;
• •6. Experienced an acute coronary event (myocardial infarction or unstable angina) within the previous 6 mos
• •7. Has a medical condition that precludes adherence to study dietary recommendations (e.g., Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, end-stage renal disease);
• •8. Has a medical or psychiatric illness (i.e., dementia, psychiatric hospitalization or suicidality within past 5 years or takes an atypical neuroleptic medication). We will not exclude individuals with a diagnosis of depression or pts taking anti-depressants.