| I would agree more with the diabetic doctor. Having said that, there is a tendency in the medical field to put older patients on a relaxed regime...for various reasons. But if he's in good health there should be no reason to avoid improvement.
There was a recent major Type 2 study that was stopped due to the increase in death by tighter control...but it was a confusing study involving heart medications as well...but overall (you'll have to google to find more info...there was a recent posting on DF) the study found that tightening the control on Type 2's didn't improve health as would have been thought...in fact, they were worried the reverse was true.
So, like everything else diabetic...it's all a personal prescription. | 
