You can beat Type 2 diabetes. How do I know? I helped my dad (DeWayne McCulley) beat his diabetes and write the book "Death to Diabetes -- The 6 Stages of Type 2 Diabetes Control & Reversal".
Here are some videos of me and my dad at a couple diabetes workshops and one where he was invited to speak at a medical conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ECUOu2rFto
As my dad would say, the key to beating Type 2 diabetes is to acquire the knowledge: "If you acquire the knowledge, you will acquire the power. If you acquire the power, you will defeat your enemy (diabetes) -- before it defeats you."
I forgot -- here's a funny video of my dad in a discussion with his doctor, who thought my dad was in denial of his diabetes: http://youtube.com/watch?v=E-LBLOPgGJw