The present study is the first to evaluate … a comprehensive lifestyle intervention that included a low-fat, whole-foods, plant-based diet, exercise, stress management, and group support meetings …. At 3 months, significant changes in diet with a reduction in calories, protein, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and so-dium intake and an increase in carbohydrates, fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron were observed
Tag Archive: diabetes mellitus (type 2)
Wolfram et al. (2010) Efficacy of diets containing high amounts of fiber in the management of type 2 diabetes
Plant-based diets represent a relatively novel dietary intervention in the treatment and management of type 2 diabetes …. The vegan diet contained more carbohydrate, fiber, and micronutrients than the American Diabetes Association (ADA) diet …. Diets rich in whole grains (thus containing high amounts of fiber) have positive effects on insulin sensitivity, fasting concentrations of insulin and glucose, and insulin and glucose AUC. Finally, complete plant-based diets devoid of any animal products appear to reduce blood glucose, body weight, HDL and HbA1C
Carter et al. (2010) Fruit and vegetable intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis
The prevalence of diabetes is currently estimated to be about 6.4% worldwide, and in the past two decades alone there has been a dramatic increase in the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes …. Increasing the amount of green leafy vegetables in an individual’s diet could help to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. An increase of 1.15 servings a day was associated with a 14% decrease in incidence …. Our results support the evidence that “foods” rather than isolated components such as antioxidants are beneficial for health.
