Ally, are you telling us that you have a GP that understands the risks of potato consumption in a diabetic!! Marvellous.
It's everyones prerogative to ignore advice. All of us do it here.
Smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, street drugs, obesity, etc.
We all know that these things can potentially kill but we still do them. I knew that having a BMI of 34, a positive test for thyroid peroxidase antibodies and a father with T2 would almost certainly mean I'd get T2 but did I do anything about it? No, not until I was diagnosed.
That's the whole point of HCP advice, it's advice.
wiflib