The diet is very important in people with diabetes, and I believe that there are diets that can do that is to have better glycemic control and that the physician lower the medication. Lately it is becoming fashionable paleo diet. The University of California has done a study to check the effects of the diet peleolítica in people with type 2 diabetes. We created two groups of people, one with the diet paleolithic and other diet-classic recommended for diabetics. During 15 days we measured the blood pressure of the patients, electrlitos in urine, fructosamina, levels of lipids, glucose, and insulin resistance.
The study concluded that both groups had improvements in metabolic but the group of the paleo diet had greater improvements, especially in the control of glucose and lipid profiles, as well as significant improvements in insulin sensitivity.
So I believe that there are that follow closely the results obtained with the paleo diet in different studies and why not give it a try. There is a lot of information about this diet in books, blogs, forums, and on youtube.