 1. Background. Plant-based diets have been recommended to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes T2D. However, not all plant foods are necessarily beneficial. The study aimed to examine the association of an overall plant-based diet and hypothesized healthful and unhealthful versions of a plant-based diet with T2D incidents in three perspective cohort studies in the U.S. 2. Methods. The study included 69,949 women from the Nurses' Health Study, 1984 to 2012, 90,239 women from the Nurses' Health Study, 2,1991 to 2011, and 40,539 men from the Health Professionals' Follow-up Study, 1986 to 201. This article was authored by Ambika Satija, Shilpa N. Bupadiraju, Eric B. Rim and others. We are article.tv. Links in the description below.