WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO EAT!!!!
Being diagnosed with one of the "big ones" is a depressing thing. As if life is not complex enough all by itself, as you work, plan this and that, cope with the nitty-gritty of dealing with people and all that.
You are told you have diabetes! Then the counselling sessions start, and you have to visit the dietician. The nice woman tries to be as casual as possible, as if being diagnosed with diabetes is just another minor irritation. Maybe to her, it is an everyday thing, since diabetics, young, old and not so old visit her office every day. But to you, it is life-changing thing.
She gives you some papers of how to measure your calories, and coaches you on how to poke yourself to draw blood to measure your blood's sugar content. She gives you a list of all those things you should not eat so much of, and the nice, sugarless things you should now eat more of.
Now, that is great! There are worse fates, and one could adapt to eating certain things, if only to stay alive.
The only problem: you were also diagnosed with high blood pressure previous to that, and your diet now is quite at odds with the previous one. Stay away from high carbohydrate foods------ Then, it was Stay away from high cholesterol foods. You are now left with a bunch of flatulence-inducing funny tasting delicacies
Welcome to the world of adaptations
           Fifty medicines a day
                 One hundred dos and don'ts
                      One thousand bathroom visits
                              Two thousand doctor's visits
But you are lucky sir. You can keep your nice little life and hope for the best. Common, adapt!!!!

You don't have to guess. You will find the type of food eaten in some parts of Africa on the link below
http://www.amazon.com/What-Africans-Eat-Traditional-Traditions/dp/1432761927/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449637337&sr=8-2&keywords=Toye+Ekunsanmi