Vegan Diet Beats Standard American Diabetic Association Diet

Filed in archive Diet on July 27, 2006

Now here's a study finding I can support: that a vegan (someone who consumes no animal products) diet is a powerful weapon in the fight against diabetes. Well, of course it is. I firmly believe that no diet on earth is healthier. With a vegan diet, there's no need to count calories or fat grams: everything is already perfectly balanced.

People with type 2 diabetes who ate a low-fat vegan diet lowered their blood sugar more and lost more weight than those on a standard diet for people with diabetes, according to a new study.

Those on the vegan diet lowered their cholesterol more and had better kidney function, according to the researchers at universities in the US and Canada.

The Diabetes Association diet is a calorie-restricted one, with the vegan diet focusing on high fibre foods, with no meat or cheese. It focuses on the type, rather than the quantity, of food consumed.

Even better news? The vegan diet has been declared healthier and easier to follow than the standard diet recommended by the american diabetic Association.

Vegans have long been found to enjoy superior health: they have healthy weights, low blood pressure, and low cholesterol. Did you know the average cholesterol level for a vegan is 135? And that a heart attack is virtually unheard of in anyone with a cholesterol level of 150 or less?

As long as you're fighting diabetes, you may as well go for the entire healthy package!

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