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 →

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 – 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 →

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 →

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 →