Introduction"All you need is a proper diet of fresh fruits and vegetables and get plenty of exercise and you'll be fine."Ever heard those words from your doctor?If that's all he/she recommends then you're missing out an important ingredient for health that he's not telling you. Fact is that you can adhere to the strictest diet, watch everything you eat and get the exercise of a marathon runner and still come down with diabetic complications. Diet, exercise and standard drug treatments simply aren't enough to help keep your diabetes under control.Diet and exercise are the two words given out by established medicine and the media as the only cure-all; repeated endlessly like a holy mantra.The word "fresh" is glossed over and likely you miss that word too. The simple truth is that what you buy from your supermarket shelves and bring home is not fresh. Those veggies look good on the outside, but they lack essential nutrient that everyone needs to maintain a healthy lifestyle, most especially those with diabetes. Without those nutrients, you are a prime target for degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease and arthritis.