The Vegan Diet How-To Guide for Diabetes Diet changes are the
cornerstone to treating type 2 diabetes. Current diet
recommendations require restricting portion sizes, measuring and
weighing foods, and limiting the total amount of carbohydrate.
However, evidence suggests that a different dietary approach may
be more effective and easier to follow. The evidence favoring a
new approach came first from comparisons of various populations
around the world. People whose diets were based mainly on plant-
derived foods—that is, rice, noodles, beans, and vegetables—were
less likely to develop diabetes, compared with people whose
diets are fattier or centered on meatier dishes. For example,
among people following traditional Japanese diets, diabetes was
rare. Studies show that when people moved from Japan to the U.S.
and adopted a Western diet, they were much more likely to
develop diabetes. These studies suggested that meaty, fatty
diets cause the body to be more resistant to insulin’s actions.
Clinical research studies