Source: – Eat To Live by Joel Fuhrman MD
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Diabetes is a nutritionally related disease – one that is both preventable and reversible (in the case of Type 2 diabetes) through nutritional methods. Continue reading
Category Archives: Nutrition and Health
Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition — Comments by John McDougall, MD
Source: Dr. McDougall’s February 2004 Newsletter on his web site – www.drmcdougall.com
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Type-2 Diabetes – the Expected Adaption to Overnutrition
Born in the year 2000, your male child lifetime risk of developing type-2 diabetes is nearly 33%, and females risk will be 39% when following the Western diet. …
The American Diabetic Association has remained steadfast in their recommendation of a portion controlled version of the Western (American) diet … made up of ingredients, like fat, sugars, refined foods, and cholesterol, that caused the patient’s problems in the first place. …
Worldwide, the incidence of type-2 diabetes increases in direct proportion to the consumption of meat, dairy products, sugars, fats, and calories by the residents. … Continue reading
Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition — Comments by Dean Ornish, MD
Dr Ornish and his colleaques have been conducting research on the effects of nutrition on chronic diseases for about 30 years, and have published their work in many peer reviewed professional journals.
Dr. Ornish has documented, scientific evidence that his recommended approach works for preventing and even reversing chronic diseases such as obesity, heart disease, certain cancers and diabetes. His approach includes a healthy nutrition strategy, mild exercise, social support, and stress reduction techniques. Continue reading
Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition — Dietary Guidelines by Dean Ornish, MD
Source: The Spectrum; and Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease.
Dr Ornish arranges food in five groups creating a spectrum of food choice; Group 1 being the healthiest, and Group 5 the least healthy. He briefly describes the foods in these groups as follows: Continue reading
Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition — Dietary Guidelines by Joel Fuhrman MD
Source: Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman, MD.
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Your goals are the same as the patient with coronary artery disease: get thin and aggressively treat your risk factors. With time, your body will normalize your numbers. Keep the following guidelines in mind: Continue reading
Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition — Dietary Guidelines by John McDougall, MD
Source: McDougall Newsletter – Feb 2004
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… A low-fat vegetarian diet has been shown to reverse heart disease (arteriosclerosis), the number one killer of diabetics. Many other researchers have praised a low-fat vegetarian diet as the best approach to prevent and treat most diseases that plague people in modern societies, including people with diabetes. Possibly the most important effect of this dietary approach (combined with exercise) is the scientifically established fact that this is the easiest and most effective way to lose weight permanently. Obesity is the underlying cause of diabetes. (my emphasis) Continue reading
Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrition — Dietary Guidelines by Neal Barnard, MD
Source: www.pmcr.org – Good Medicine Magazine – Autumn 2006
These are the highlights of his program:
- A Vegan Diet : Avoiding Animal Products
- Avoiding Added Vegetable Oils and Other High-Fat Foods
- Low Glycemic Index
- Go High-Fiber
- Volumetrics
- Focus on the New “Four Food Groups”
- Vitamin B12:
Diet changes are the cornerstone to treating type 2 diabetes. …
The way of eating explained below does not require weighing or measuring, and you will never go hungry. Continue reading
Adapting Recipes – Dean Ornish MD
Simple techniques can be used to modify recipes that follow the typical American or Western nutrition strategy into much healthier Asian, Mediterranean or Vegetarian nutrition strategies that are the basis of the Nutrition Strategy used for recipes presented in this blog. These modified recipes are much healthier and still taste wonderful. Continue reading
Nutrition Strategy
“Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much.”
— Martin Pollan
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eat this …
- Eat mostly plant based foods (vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes)
- Eat nutritionally high density foods
- Eat whole (unprocessed) foods
- Eat marine protein (fish and shellfish)
- Consume alcohol moderately (prefer red wine)
not this …
- Avoid processed foods and sugars
- Minimize dietary fats
- Minimize dairy products
- Minimize (and preferably avoid) animal protein (red and white meat)
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This strategy is based on a low fat, Whole Food Plant Based diet, as well as Asian, and Mediterranean Nutrition Strategies.
For data supporting this strategy, see the Experts Speak.
Analysis, Conclusion and Nutrition Strategy
There are thousands Epidemiological, Migration, and Research studies offering data on health consequences of nutrition.
Epidemiological Data:
There is overwhelming evidence that suggests a Western diet or nutrition strategy results in obesity and long term chronic health problems and disease, in contrast to good health and longevity associated with a Vegetarian, Asian, or Mediterranean diet or nutrition strategy.
The largest nutrition study in history was The China Project. T Colin Campbell, PhD, the principle investigator, summarized the results of this study in his book, “The China Study”. It also confirms the results of studies conducted by other researchers which are published in peer review professional journals.
(Among other sources, these data are discussed in the published works of our nutrition and medical experts.) Continue reading