Friday, September 9, 2022

Vegetarian Diets in Diabetes Treatment

 Vegetarian Diets in

Diabetes Treatment(Ref1)


Vegitarian Diets are inversely associated
With risk of developing diabetes.
Positive association of meat consumption
With diabetes development .

Vegetarian Diet:

1 Vegan no animal  products 
2 Lacto -Ovo-vegitarian (No Animal meat
But consumes milk and eggs )
3 Pesco-Vegetarian (Consumes fish)
4Semi-Vegitarian (Occasional meat consumption)


 Diabetes has reached epidemic levels
With estimated 451 million cases world wide

in 2017.
     As more Westernized diet their rates
Increased .
      Vegitarian in the  US have a lower 
Prevalence of diabetes than Omnivores
(Consuming both plant and animal foods)

Studies reported medication use 
significantly decreased when participants
adopted any time of vegitarian or vegan
Diet.

  Barnard and collagues found a significant
Drop in fasting plasma glucose after 26day
Near vegitarian intervention consisting
Of high complex carbohydrates high fiber
Low fat and low salt.(Ref 2)

Vegetarian Diets and Reducing

Diabetic complications.


         Diabetes have a 2-4 Times greater
Risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease(CVD)
Those who adhered to a lacto--Ovo--Vegetarian
Diet had significantly decreased CVD  risk factors.
Specifically Blood Pressure Serum Cholesterol
and Blood glucose levels than those adhering
To an Omnivorous diet.
    In British sample of 44561  individuals
Found that vegetarians had a lower BMI
,Non HDL cholesterol and Systolic  Blood
Pressure than non vegetarians .
   Vegetarians had a 32% lower risk
 Of ischaemic heart disease.
Meat consumption. Has been shown 
To increase risk of diabetes and it's
Comorbidities.

Vegan diet  supplemented with B12
Had significantly larger decrease in
Neuropathy pain than control group
Receiving just B12  supplementation.
Ref 1 Curr Down Rep 2018(11) :101
         Melissa D . Olfert and Rachel A.  Wattic

Ref 2 Nutrients 2014 :6(2):897 -910
          Barnard N .Levin S,Trap C.
















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