Diabetics have an increased vulnerability to heart disease, stroke, nerve damage, eye disease, kidney failure, infection and poor wound healing. High blood sugar contributes to these vulnerabilities, but is only one aspect of the problem. Several inter-related metabolic abnormalities are also critically important. Among these diabetic abnormalities are insulin resistance, increased oxidation, “sticky” blood which is prone to clotting, and degenerative disruption of key body proteins. Diabetics have a greater need than most other people for key specific nutrients that have the ability to influence the course of diabetic metabolism. However, multi-vitamin/mineral formulations designed for the general public usually lack certain amounts of these nutrients, or incorporate them at sub-optimal doses. That is the gap that DIABETIKS was designed to repair.