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Vegan Diet Outshines ADA Diet
Barnard, et als study which appeared in the August 2006 issue of Diabetes Care,1 found that people with diabetes who followed a low-fat, vegan diet saw improvements in HbA1c, body weight, BMI, waist circumference, total cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol that were significantly greater than improvements in a group following an ADA diet (which adhered to American Diabetes Association guidelines).
Participants (n=99) were followed for 22 weeks, at the end of which:
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1 A Low-Fat Vegan Diet Improves Glycemic Control and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Randomized Clinical Trial in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes
Photo of vegan pyramid: Nutrispeak.com, the home page of Vesanto Melina, MS RD.
Vegan Diet Outshines ADA Diet
Friday, January 10, 2014
Since we had the honor of an e-visit from the distinguished Dr. Neal Barnard, and in light of our previous post describing the suspension of the intensive blood glucose treatment arm (medication-based) of the large ACCORD trial, I present the findings of one of Dr. Barnards more recent studies - one that finds benefit without the use of drugs.Barnard, et als study which appeared in the August 2006 issue of Diabetes Care,1 found that people with diabetes who followed a low-fat, vegan diet saw improvements in HbA1c, body weight, BMI, waist circumference, total cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol that were significantly greater than improvements in a group following an ADA diet (which adhered to American Diabetes Association guidelines).
Participants (n=99) were followed for 22 weeks, at the end of which:
"Among participants whose diabetes medications remained unchanged throughout, A1C fell 1.23 points in the vegan group and 0.38 points in the ADA group (P = 0.01)."A vegan diet includes grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits, and excludes animal products. The vegan diet in this study also excluded added fats.
"Body weight decreased 6.5 kg (14.3 lbs) in the vegan group and 3.1 kg (6.8 lbs) in the ADA group (P < 0.001)."
"Among those who did not change lipid-lowering medications, LDL cholesterol fell 21.2% in the vegan group and 10.7% in the ADA group (P = 0.02)."
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1 A Low-Fat Vegan Diet Improves Glycemic Control and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Randomized Clinical Trial in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes
Photo of vegan pyramid: Nutrispeak.com, the home page of Vesanto Melina, MS RD.
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