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Effectiveness of Vegan vs ADA Diet for Controlling Diabetes – Study by Neal Barnard, MD

Neal Barnard, MD has published two studies comparing the effectiveness of a low fat vegan (10% Fat, 15% Protein and 75% Carbohydrates) to the recommended American Diabetes Association (ADA) Diet. His studies show a low fat vegan diet is more effective than the ADA diet in reducing blood glucose levels even without adding exercise to a lifestyle change. Continue reading →

Cause and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus – lecture by Jerold Olefsky, M.D.

In this lecture, Dr Olefsky reports on a very large study that showed a lifestyle change, which included changes in diet and exercise, is an extremely powerful tool – actually stronger than drug therapy in preventing diabetes. This study was very large, screening more than 120,000 patients in 24 different medical/research centers. The results were so dramatic and significant that the study was stopped before its scheduled completion. Let me repeat — This very large study, in 24 different medical/research centers, showed diet and exercise was more significant in preventing diabetes than drug therapy! Continue reading →

Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition – Summary and Recommendations


by Gary Zin, PhD

Published articles, books, and lectures by Nutrition and Medical Experts present studies and describe real world results with individual patients that prove that lifestyles which include diets based on good nutrition strategies, mild exercise, and stress reduction techniques can prevent and even reverse diabetes.

Supporting data by Nutrition and Medical Experts are summarized and referenced on this Foodie and Friends web site. These published works included thousands of references to works by other nutrition and medical experts published in professional peer reviewed journals. This is not the work of a single “diet guru.” These are the works of serious and well respected nutrition and medical researchers. Continue reading →

Reversal Diet Recipes – a look at the numbers …

Dr Ornish’s Reversal Diet contains about 10% of the calories in fat, and has been proven to reverse disease. The recipes made with his “Group 1” food ingredients comply with Dr Ornish’s Reversal Diet guidelines.

Many people resist preparing and eating these healthy recipes because they think they are bland, boring, or “taste like cardboard”. But, this is not true. Continue reading →

Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition — Comments by T Colin Campbell, PhD

Dr. Campbell was the principle investigator for the largest nutrition study in history, commonly known as The China Study, a joint study project with Cornell University, Oxford University, and the Chinese Academy of Preventative Medicine. It received major funding from the National Institute of Health and the Chinese government.

In his book, The China Study, Dr. Campbell documents the results they found. Continue reading →

Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition – Comments by Neal Barnard, MD

Neal Barnard, MD – Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes.

Source: www.nealbarnard.org/diabetes_book.htm

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“A new book by nutrition researcher Neal Barnard, M.D., outlines a completely new dietary approach to preventing, controlling, and even reversing diabetes. The program is based on a series of research studies Dr. Barnard and his colleagues have conducted over the years, the latest funded by the National Institutes of Health. Published in the August 2006 issue of Diabetes Care, that study found Dr. Barnard’s program to be three times more effective than the American Diabetes Association dietary guidelines at controlling blood sugar. Continue reading →