Tag: diabetes
A Carb-Centric Diet Helped Me Recover from Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes has plagued my family for generations. I have early childhood memories of my grandma eating chocolate cake and saying, “I’ll just…
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From Prediabetic, Asthmatic, and Anemic to Positively Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet
For decades, I struggled with a range of health issues. In middle school, I was diagnosed with asthma. At college, where I…
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A Diabetes Diagnosis Shocked Me Into Changing My Diet. The Results Have Been Incredible
From childhood through my 20s, I was thin and could eat whatever I wanted without gaining weight. When I did start to…
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How Going Plant-Based Helped Me Reverse Type 2 Diabetes and Drop More Than 100 Pounds
Before going plant-based, my diet was always what I considered “normal,” with lots of cheese and meat. Some of my favorite foods…
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Dairy May Decrease Insulin Sensitivity, New Study Shows
Consuming dairy may reduce insulin sensitivity in people with metabolic syndrome, according to a new study published this month in the American…
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I Reversed Gestational Diabetes, Lost Weight, and Overcame Allergies on a Plant-Based Diet
I used to constantly obsess over losing weight: what to eat, what not to eat, how I looked in the mirror each…
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Eating More Fruit, Veggies Can Cut Diabetes Risk By 50 Percent
Two new large-scale studies published in July 2020 in the journal BMJ add to the growing body of evidence that consuming whole…
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The Truth about the Ketogenic Diet and Diabetes
Editor’s Note: Mastering Diabetes, Cyrus Khambatta and Robby Barbaro’s groundbreaking book on reversing insulin resistance, debuted on February 18. In this abridged…
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Our Most-Shared Success Stories of 2019
Positivity is contagious. That’s probably why Success Stories—first-hand accounts from people who have conquered diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, obesity, and other…
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How Erectile Dysfunction Can Save a Life (and Be Reversed)
Nearly 10 percent of men have had a diagnosis of coronary heart disease, which is a term for clogged heart arteries causing…
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Going Plant-Based Gave Me Back My Energy and Reversed My Mom’s Diabetes
Plagued by a sleep disorder, Valarie Wyatt had been steadily gaining weight and losing energy for years—then she went plant-based, and the…
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New Diabetes Study Underscores Benefits of Sticking to a Healthy Plant-Based Diet
People who stick to a plant-based diet have a 23 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a report…
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