Since this non-profit is called the Low Carb Diabetes Association, one can believe that a low carb diet, the first of “The Eight Essentials.” would be promoted by the LCDA as the foundational key to getting diabetes under control. And, that is the case! When a patient has Celiac disease, and eating gluten causes devastating damage to the lining of the small intestine, the curative treatment is removing gluten from the diet. Everyone knows that and all physicians advocate that.