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The path to reversing your type II diabetes, getting off your medications, and regaining your health is the food you eat. Switching to a whole food, plant-based, no oil diet is a tried and true method for regaining your health.
Type 1 Diabetic? Your disease is not reversible, but there are benefits from changing to a whole food, plant based, no oil diet. Scroll down to the section that starts off, "What About Type 1 diabetics?" for more information.
A New Nutritional Approach to Type 2 Diabetes
A New Nutritional Approach to Type 2 Diabetes
Dr. Neal Barnard
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The Vegan Diet How-To Guide for Diabetes
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Food for Life Recipes and Resources (pdf)
How I Treat Diabetes by Dr. John McDougall
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Diet, Drugs and Diabetes - One Hundred Years of Missed Opportunities Dr. John McDougall (video)
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The End of Diabetes and Super Immunity by Joel Fuhrman MD (video)
This fully cited article was published in the Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, May 2017 and thoroughly covers the current state of science in regards to diabetes and a plant-based diet.
Below are excerpts from the article. The full article can be found here.
The article is licensed under CC 3.0
Abstract: "The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rising worldwide, especially in older adults. Diet and lifestyle, particularly plant-based diets, are effective tools for type 2 diabetes prevention and management. Plant-based diets are eating patterns that emphasize legumes, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds and discourage most or all animal products. Cohort studies strongly support the role of plant-based diets, and food and nutrient components of plant-based diets, in reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes. Evidence from observational and interventional studies demonstrates the benefits of plant-based diets in treating type 2 diabetes and reducing key diabetes-related macrovascular and microvascular complications. Optimal macronutrient ratios for preventing and treating type 2 diabetes are controversial; the focus should instead be on eating patterns and actual foods. However, the evidence does suggest that the type and source of carbohydrate (unrefined versus refined), fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated versus saturated and trans), and protein (plant versus animal) play a major role in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes. Multiple potential mechanisms underlie the benefits of a plant-based diet in ameliorating insulin resistance, including promotion of a healthy body weight, increases in fiber and phytonutrients, food-microbiome interactions, and decreases in saturated fat, advanced glycation endproducts, nitrosamines, and heme iron."
3. Plant-based diets for the treatment of type 2 diabetes: "As far back as the 1950s, studies have been published on treating hyperglycemia with a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet,[50]–[52] documenting the effectiveness of employing a predominantly vegetarian diet to treat diabetes. Barnard et al.,[53] performed the first major randomized clinical trial on diabetic patients treated purely with a plant-based (vegan) diet, comparing it to a conventional diet based on the 2003 American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines." Spoiler Alert! the plant-based diet (without counting carbs or calories or limiting portion sizes) fared better than the ADA diet. Read more here.
4. Reduction of diabetes-related complications: "The benefits of tight glycemic control with pharmacotherapy have been called into question, based on a lack of evidence for it preventing major clinical endpoints, including all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, dialysis, renal death, blindness, and neuropathy." What this means is using drugs to "control" diabetes changes none of the typical outcomes of having diabetes.
"In contrast, plant-based diets have demonstrated improvements in glycemic control while also reducing macro- and micro-vascular risks of type 2 diabetes." What this means is using plants does more than "control" diabetes it actually reduces (read prevents) the typical outcomes of having diabetes.
Here are the topics in this section, to see it in its entirety click this link to the article.
4.1. Cardiovascular disease and risk factors: "Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of premature mortality in the diabetic population and many trials have demonstrated the benefits of plant-based diets in preventing and treating cardiovascular disease."
4.2. Renal disease: "Chronic kidney disease rates increase with age, and among those older than 60 years, renal impairment is more common in diabetic versus nondiabetic patients (60% vs. 41%).[3] Using NHANES 3 data, Chen, et al.,[84] found that in individuals with chronic kidney disease, defined as a glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min, every 33% increase in plant to total protein consumption was associated with a significant 23% lower mortality risk."
4.3. Diabetic neuropathy: "Diabetic neuropathy is a microvascular complication of diabetes that can be debilitating. At least two small studies have shown that a plant-based diet can ameliorate diabetic neuropathic pain. One study demonstrated a remarkable resolution of burning neuropathy in 81% of participants during a 25-day residential lifestyle program in which plant-based meals were provided, including a sustained response in the participants who adhered to the diet after returning home.[89] A recent randomized controlled pilot study also demonstrated how a plant-based diet can effectively treat diabetic neuropathy: among community-dwelling patients with painful diabetic neuropathy, pain scores were significantly improved at 20 weeks on a plant-based diet compared with a control diet.[90]"
8. Conclusions: "There is a general consensus that the elements of a whole-foods plant-based diet—legumes, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts, with limited or no intake of refined foods and animal products—are highly beneficial for preventing and treating type 2 diabetes. Equally important, plant-based diets address the bigger picture for patients with diabetes by simultaneously treating cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, and its risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, hyper-lipidemia, and inflammation. The advantages of a plant-based diet also extend to reduction in risk of cancer, the second leading cause of death in the United States"
NutritionFacts.org Diabetes Videos
NutritionFacts.org Diabetes Videos
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM October 7th, 2016
Click on the title link above for a transcript of the video and to find the sources cited in this video.
"We’ve known for a half century that plant-based diets are associated with lower diabetes risk, but how low does one have to optimally go on animal product and junk food consumption?"
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What About Type 1 diabetics? Wouldn't eating this way kill us?
What About Type 1 diabetics? Wouldn't eating this way kill us?
The answer is no it won't kill you. As a matter of fact by following a Low-Fat, Plant-Based, Whole-Food nutrition plan you should increase your insulin sensitivity, possibly enabling you to reduce your daily insulin usage by 30-50%.
Whole food carbohydrates are NOT the enemy for people with any type of diabetes.
Everything below will inform both type 1 & 2 diabetics
Everything below will inform both type 1 & 2 diabetics
Type 1 Diabetes is not Reversible
Type 1 Diabetes is not Reversible
So there is no confusion, let me state for the record that Type 1 Diabetes is not reversible. Currently there is no cure. That said, if you wish to give yourself the best possible chance to prevent the apparently inevitable long term health complications of Type 1 Diabetes you would be best served by adopting a whole food, plant based, no oil diet. This is the same diet used by Dr. Esselstyn for his heart patients to halt and reverse their heart disease and the same diet used by Doctors Barnard and Fuhrman to control or reverse type 2 diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes and Diet
Type 1 Diabetes and Diet
If your Type 1 diabetes is not currently well managed then there is the very real possibility that you could reduce your daily insulin requirement by 30-50%.
How? by switching to a whole food, plant based, no oil diet that keeps your daily fat intake around 10% of your daily caloric intake.
Type 1 Diabetes and Diet (PDF) - "The low-fat vegan diet is a newer approach to eating healthfully and managing diabetes. Unprocessed and minimally processed whole-food carbohydrates are the key: Grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables are encouraged. On the other hand, animal fat and animal protein, found in meat and dairy products, as well as other fatty foods, such as vegetable oils, are not part of this diet. The vegan diet is healthful and nutritionally adequate. In addition, it may provide benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases, including alleviating problems associated with T1DM."
Ken's Engineered Type 1 Diabetes Whole Food Plant Based Low Fat Lifestyle - "Previous experiences with my doctors were extremely difficult because they wanted to control my Type 1 diabetes by prescribing specific medication doses and defining what I should eat. But, none of that was working. I felt extremely diseased and disabled. I was kind of terrified from all that and so decided to apply the techniques of my profession: fault analysis and electronic design. In addition to studying cellular level biology at the Midwestern State University library, I began an elimination diet to find out what foods did what. All the foods my doctors were telling me to eat were not working. In fact, those foods made things far worse. That was how I discovered that plant based foods, very low fat and low protein with no animal products were the best foods. I found starches and fruits made diabetic control and my life extremely easy. "
For 26 Years, I’ve Managed Type 1 Diabetes With a Plant-Based Diet - "To my surprise, starches actually worked the best, required the least insulin, and gave me seemingly boundless energy—very confusing! On the increasingly rare occasions that I ate meat or fat, it was like throwing a wet blanket on my newly discovered energy."
Low-Carb Diet vs. Low-Fat Diet – How Jessica Increased Her Insulin Sensitivity 25x in 6 Months by Transitioning to a Low-Fat Diet - "Since the time she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1996, she has worked hard to follow a strict low-carb diet, in order to control her blood glucose to the best of her ability. Over the course of time however, she found that no matter how few carbohydrate-rich foods she ate, her blood glucose was quite challenging to control."
How Going Vegan Changed My Type 1 Diabetic Life - "After 12 months of eating a plant-based diet, my insulin needs decreased by 50%. As a 24 year old with Type 1 diabetes, I injected on average 60 units of insulin per day. Now at 25, I dial up 30 units per day. While defying conventional wisdom, I achieved these results while doubling my carbohydrate intake – effectively increasing carbohydrate consumption from 100 to 200 grams per day."
Insulin Resistance and Type 1 Diabetes
Insulin Resistance and Type 1 Diabetes
People with Type 1 Diabetes may assume that they have no need of reviewing a site or video talking about insulin resistance since everyone knows that insulin resistance is what causes Type 2 Diabetes and as such doesn't apply to Type 1 Diabetics.
That assumption is wrong. The more sensitive you are to insulin the less insulin your body requires to keep your levels in check. Reducing fat in your diet increases your sensitivity to insulin.
This Lecture is by a Type 1 Diabetic for People with both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
This Lecture is by a Type 1 Diabetic for People with both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Lecture presented by Cyrus Khambatta, PhD and Robby Barbaro (Both living with type 1 diabetes since 2002)
Visit their site, Mastering Diabetes, for more information
In this presentation, you will learn the following:
Cyrus' personal story about his diagnosis with 3 autoimmune conditions - hypothyroidism, alopecia, and type 1 diabetes - at the age of 22 (1:32)
Robby's personal story about being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 12 (9:37)
The biology of insulin resistance (16:07)
Why insulin resistance is increases your risk for all chronic disease, including most notably heart disease (18:22)
The exocrine function of your pancreas that occupies 99% of your pancreatic mass (20:52)
The endocrine function of your pancreas that occupies less than 1% of your pancreatic mass (21:22)
The difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes (22:32)
Human role-playing example of insulin resistance (23:52)
The biology of insulin resistance (33:37)
Why the science in low-carb studies is often misleading (38:07)
The short-term benefits of a low-carb diet (40:12)
The long-term consequences of a low-carb diet (41:17)
Understanding green light, yellow light and red light foods for reversing insulin resistance using your diet (45:27)
A collection of unbelievable and inspirational case studies! (51:02)
Insulin Sensitivity 101: 7 Case Studies of the Effect of Low-Fat, Plant-Based, Whole-Food Nutrition
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Disclaimer: The information and advice herein is not intended for use in or as a substitute for the diagnosis or treatment of any health or physical condition or as a substitute for a physician-patient relationship which has been established by an in-person evaluation of a patient. Do not change your diet if you are ill or on medication without the advice of a qualified health care professional such as your physician. In layman's terms, if you are taking any medications switching to a whole food, plant based, no oil diet will require your medications be closely monitored by your physician. And may require some of your medications to be quickly reduced or stopped. Reducing or stopping medications needs to be done under the direct supervision of a physician.
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