I don't know which would be easier, trying to control with diet or just taking a pill to help you. I take glucotrol, and it's just easy to take a pill in the morning. My level never goes over 130. My mother-in-law does great most of the time, but for some reason it seems like the weirdest things raises her numbers. Shrimp sends her numbers up. That doesn't make much sense to me, no carbs in shrimp. Anyway, pills or diet definitely win out over insulin injections.