Sherri Shepherd says diabetes may have saved her life

Sherri Shepherd, co-host of "The View," lives with type 2 diabetes. She says the disease has forced her to lose weight, eat better, and get physically active- for her son. Shepherd's friend, the Oscar-winning actress and comedian Mo'Nique, had some inspirational words of advice: "We keep saying we would die for the people we love.

Sherri Shepherd, co-host of "The View," lives with type 2 diabetes. She says the disease has forced her to lose weight, eat better, and get physically active- for her son. Shepherd's friend, the Oscar-winning actress and comedian Mo'Nique, had some inspirational words of advice: "We keep saying we would die for the people we love. Are you willing to live for the people you love?" Shepherd recounts, "I learned how to eat. I learned how to get rid of the white foods — the pasta, pancakes, cereal, anything loaded with sugar."

USA Today, 4/29/2013

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