For years we have been sold the story " you are what you eat" - whereas I think we should have been told " you are what your body makes of what you eat " and actually it is carbohyrdates that create fatty deposits in the blood stream not fat intake. This actually makes perfect sense- if you eat excess fat then your body really doesn't need to do much work to convert it into fat. any excess carbs you eat must be converted into fat to be stored in the body - so the more carbs you eat the more fats you end up with in the blood stream etc etc.
THIS!
I agree, and the way I've been looking at my diet has been shaped by looking at it from a kinda engineering principle. So what happens to the food I eat, and what are the homoestatic & metabolic processes involved? Especially as with us, one (or more) of the processes are broken, or need a lil help.. Which is mostly about lipid management, either encouraging the consumption of them via ketosis, or discouraging the creation/deposition with excess carb consumption.. And traditionally, it's been a 'normal' and healthier diet.
I also agree with the 'Mediterranean' comment about the tomato/onion/garlic trinity making most things taste good.. especially with some bell peppers/scotch bonnet thrown in for a bit of zing! Oh.. and I love Malta.. Bonus points for you if you can resist the traditional Maltese breads
As for 'cure', I guess for me that would be whether I'd produce a 'normal' response to a glucose tolerance test. I'm curious whether beta cells can recover/normalise and we can end up with a 'healthy' insulin response.