If you are diabetic you may have heard some rumblings about a vegetarian diabetic diet. While a vegetarian diabetic diet, may not cure your diabetes, it definitely has some benefits.
Early studies suggest that persons with type 2 diabetes can improve and, in some cases, even reverse the disease by switching to an unrefined, vegan diet.
Early studies
suggest that persons with type 2 diabetes can improve and, in some cases, even
reverse the disease by switching to an unrefined, vegan
diet.
Eating plenty of whole-grains helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. Nuts, fiber fibers, soy proteins, and plant sterols, all staples of a healthy vegetarian diet have a positive impact on heart disease, which tends to be common complication of diabetes. There is also evidence to suggest that soy and other vegetable proteins may decrease renal hyperfiltration, proteinuria, and renal acid load and reduce the long-term risk of developing renal disease in type 2 diabetes.