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Hippocrates stated: All disease begins in gut! Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food.
Diet plays an important role in the management of diabetes mellitus. Proper diet ( ADA diet is usually recommended) controls blood glucose and improves cardiovascular risk.
Now comes a study showing that a vegan diet is actually superior to ADA diet for diabetics!
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A team of investigators led by Dr. Barnard from the George Washington University recently published their findings in the journal Diabetes Care (August 2006).
This study was funded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and by the Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation. The authors did not include exercise as part of the protocol so as to determine the effect of diet alone.
These investigators assigned 99 patients with diabetes mellitus into two groups: 1) low-fat vegan diet or 2) diet following the American Diabetes Association guidelines or ADA diet. The vegan diet consisted of vegetables, fruits, grains, and legumes and patients were asked to avoid animal products.
In contrast to the ADA diet, portion sizes, energy intake, and carbohydrate intake were unrestricted in the vegan group. The ADA diet was individualized to provide for energy deficit of 500-1000 kcal.
Results of diabetes-diet study
- At the end of 22-week study period, a reduction in glucose lowering medication requirements occurred in 43% of the vegan group as compared to 26% of the ADA diet group.
- There was a significantly higher drop in hemoglobin A1C levels in the vegan group as compared to ADA group.
- Despite unrestricted caloric intake, the vegan group patients lost more weight than the ADA group. The reduction in blood lipid levels was also significantly higher in the vegan group.
Conclusions
The authors concluded that while both ADA and vegan diets are beneficial in diabetic patients, the vegan diet is superior.
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