Reverse Type Two Diabetes With a Vegan Diet

Type Two Diabetes is the leading cause of heart disease and stroke in this country and being diagnosed can feel like a life-sentence. But a Houston cardiologist says you can reverse Type Two Diabetes and heart disease if you're willing to make some healthy changes.

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[garyloewenthal]

"Reverse" takes some license - as figures of speech do - but it's not a huge stretch. Clinical studies going back 40 years show that while on a high-complex carb, high-fiber, low glycemic index, low-fat, whole foods-based, plant-based diet, the body moves toward acting like diabetes is absent. In essence, it has been reversed: the pancreas produces insulin, it is released normally, blood sugar levels approach normal, etc. The most recent studies were at George Washington University.

[LCHFinCanada]

Oh, by the way, the "study" that Dr.Hyman refers to is an extremely-calorie-restrictive 600 calorie a day diet.

Yup, 600 calories a day. 1/3rd what most professionals would consider "starvation diet" for an obese person.

Also, if you look at the macronutrient intake of the shake they used, they were technically simply on a LOW CARB DIET.

[LCHFinCanada]

@bag22nwa702 yeah, right... You're the exception then, NOT the rule.

I have spoken to literally HUNDREDS of Type II diabetics who could not control it with a vegan diet, so the fact that you could is quite astounding, and will not be the norm.

I imagine you could actually get it to normal healthy levels if you increased healthy fats and lowered your carbohydrate intake.

[gurumagoo]

@LCHFinCanada Don't waste your time. Your argument is way too rational and fact based for these folks to handle. They believe this crap because they want to; not because a logical and fact based argument brought them to a logical conclustion. It suits and reinforces their lifestyle and socio-political views.

[gurumagoo]

@mofofosho13 All you can do is preach the benefits of a diabetes control diet that suits your dogmatic hippie beliefs. You claim it "reverses" diabetes when in fact, those benefits disapear when one quits the diet. That's because TYPE 2 DIABETES CANNOT BE CURED. It can only be controlled. Don't talk to me about science. You aren't even remotely qualified to discuss this in an intelligent fashion because you are uneducated and gullible. Why don't you go tune your chakras or something

[bag22nwa702]

@bag22nwa702 typo weight went from 305 to 245

[bag22nwa702]

@truth2748... I don't know about studies..I just know about my personal results... I want raw vegan 5 months ago...a1c went from 12 to 5.7..fbs from 350 to 120 and weight from 305 to 345...I don't need a study to tell me it works...no more insulin shots and no more pills..just raw fruits, veggies and seeds and nuts..in that order:)

[gurumagoo]

@mofofosho13 Funny, but I don't feel very confused. In fact, I know exactly what Type 2 Diabetes is, seeing as I've had it for a few years now. Type 1 diabetes is characterized by the lack of insulin producing Beta cells in the pancreas. Type 2 is characterized by the cellular inability to respond to insulin through insulin resistance. You really are an ignorant fool aren't you. Hyman is a well-known unscientific quack and you are just an ignorant hippie.

[mofofosho13]

@gurumagoo - If you were in the Marines then your nutritional habits were awful. I am not a god fearing christian, I believe in science and nutrition is a part of science. You are confusing type 2 diabetes with type 1 diabetes. Type 2 is completely avoidable and also reversible. Do some research instead of believing doctors paid by big pharm - you'll be surprised what you can learn. "New Research Finds Diabetes Can Be Reversed, Mark Hyman, MD"

[gurumagoo]

Actually, I've always had good eating habits. I've also always been very physically active (I'm a Marine Infantryman). It's almost a forgone conclusion that my level of phyical fitness far exceeds your own. There is no one definitive cause of diabetes. It can be brought on by many things or even a combination of things such as stress. The fact that diabetes is irreversible is scientifically indisputable. If you say otherwise you are either stupid, ignorant, or both.