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>>8933351
ah; that's type 2 then. forget everything you learned about beta cells. you're confusing yourself by reading about type 1, which, though the symptoms are similar, has an entirely unrelated cause and is not treatable by any diet

if he's giving you multiple drugs, you definitely have type 2 diabetes, which is defined as just "insulin resistance above an acceptable level" (turns out people in western countries are such landwhales now that almost half of us have some level of insulin resistance). the doctor probably gave you metformin at least. not sure what the other two drugs would be, but if you're bad enough might be oral insulin. it makes sense that you're uncomfortable with the drugs, but they are preferable to going blind and having your feet amputated.

anyway don't listen to cranks on youtube, stick to reputable sources like the cdc, mayo clinic, wikipedia, etc. your doctor is probably going to tell you to stick to a low-calorie, low-fat diet, because doctors are always about 15 years behind where the research is. low-cal will help (low fat won't), but it's very difficult to stick to compared to adequate calorie low-carbohydrate, which offers better results anyway. here's a good review of the current state of the research:
http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/S0899-9007(14)00332-3/fulltext

pic related: it's a comparison from the above paper of low-cal vs. ketogenic diets in terms of their ability to lower patients' fasting blood glucose (which means insulin sensitivity is improving) and glycated hemoglobin (a key metric for how far you are from blindness and amputations)