I met Cyd at a new church I attended in 2013 and we connected right off the bat. She invited me to spend a week or two with her in Florida just after a few weeks of meeting her. Since I’m retired, I jumped at the chance to leave Chicago weather to swim and sun in Florida.
Cyd was very open about how she chose to follow a whole food plant-based (WFPB) diet and asked if I had a problem with that. In my mind I’m saying, of course not, just invite me to Florida and I’ll eat whatever you’re making. So I jumped at the chance to spend time with my new friend and experience WFPB eating.
Do you or a loved suffer with Type 2 Diabetes? or have you been told you have “insulin-resistant” cells? Have you tried to compensate for the cell’s resistance by limiting your starch and sugar intake, with the idea that too much carbohydrate leads to too much glucose?
If so, you will be relieved to know that a dietary pattern of all-you-can eat whole grains, beans, fruits, nuts, and vegetables (including starches such as potatoes, rice and pasta) has long been established to effectively and naturally lower A1C levels to normal ranges in a short amount of time.
The American Diabetes Association’s Clinical Practice Recommendations have cited the value of whole, plant food diets for Type 2 diabetes for several years. And here’s an added bonus, according to registered dietitian Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., who says “A diet change beats a pill. A plant-based diet improves blood sugar, body weight, blood pressure and cholesterol all at the same time, something no drug can do.” So why “manage” diabetes when the chances our very high that it can be eliminated?
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