By Jimmy DownsSunday Jan 19, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A review in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that intensive blood pressure control reduces stroke risk in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus.The review led by L. Moist finds also that intensive blood pressure control does not reduce risk of death nor myocardial infarction or heart attack in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.People with type 2 diabetes mellitus may want to reverse their condition completely using alternative treatments and following a antidiabetic diet or a diet that helps get rid of the disease.Type 2 diabetes mellitus, a disease that affects an estimated 25 million Americans, is believed to be completely avoidable by following a healthy diet with cinnamon, curcumin, bitter melon, prebiotics and probiotics among other foods.