To be on the safe side I shall eschew those restaurants that have 2 hour limits on dining.

For me it is what I eat, when I eat, how many times. My GP says I have the health of a 50 year old. I say "when will I feel like one?" Lol.

Yes, we know it's crazy. I recently got a phone call from my pharmacist who wanted to know if I still take Metformin. This is most likely coz she saw that my doctor's nurse had wanted to update my medicine and called me in something that would cost $142 a month. I came unglued and told everyone that I am in control of my medication. I am in no way in the control of a doctor and I discuss things before taking them. No way in hell would I ever pay $142 per month for something. Updating my medication in my opinion translates into "let's pay the developers of this newer medication."

Before I got on my current endocrinologist supervised program, I lowered my Ac1 over 2 points in less than three months (all confirmed with bloodwork) by simply making One change, eating only in an 8-hour window, which I continue today, 5+ years later...even the progression of my Congestive Heart Failure has dramatically slowed, far less than expected, in fact all tests are 100% Unchanged from diagnosis in 2018, when I was given 5-10 years to live tops.
I get lifetime alimony and I Will live to be 100!!!!!!
Stop stressing your body 24/7 with "grazing" or whatever it is called.
We ate for millenia like predators, gorging on a big kill and then going maybe weeks on tiny snacks (mice?) until the next big feast.
The Snack industry is keeping people fat and unhealthy with "studies" (find out who funded them???!!!!!!) like these, and Big Pharma then makes a ton of money too!