 Type and Design of Study This will be a pilot study including adult patients age 18 diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes who are patients at the Duke Outpatient Clinic DOC or patients in the general medicine or family practice clinics in Durham County. The intervention will be elimination of sugar sweetened beverages from the diet in a population of type 2 diabetic subjects for four weeks. Sugar sweetened beverages will be defined as any liquid beverage containing calories that can be attributed to natural or added sugar. This will not include beverages that contain mainly artificial sweeteners e.g.: NutraSweet, saccharin, Splenda, or Equal, plain milk, or water. 