As an anecdotal side note as it related to type 1 not type 2, my mother has been a type one Diabetic for over 50 years and to be honest the whole crazy eating a huge amount of junk food just to see what happens plans is the sort of thing she would do when she was hypoing with scarily low blood sugar.posted by wwax at 7:43 AM on May 8, 2012 [1 favorite] The answer is in your a1c.