New Book Proves Low-Fat Vegan Diet Is More Effective Than Standard Diabetes Diet; Can Help Many Cut Blood Sugars and Reduce, if not Eliminate, Medication

NEW YORK, Jan. 3  /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes (Rodale), to be released on Tuesday, January 9, outlines a powerful new dietary approach to diabetes, based on scientific research proving that a low-fat vegan diet can lower high blood sugar levels three times more effectively than oral medications or the standard diet recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
Dr. Barnard's program is based on a major study he conducted in conjunction with George Washington University and University of Toronto that was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
The study, recently published in Diabetes Care, a journal of the ADA, also shows that the low-fat vegan diet is easier for study participants to follow- and stick with-than the ADA diet. Additionally, the vegan diet controls cholesterol better and results in faster weight loss even though it places no limits on calories or portion sizes and doesn't require exercise.
While Dr. Barnard's program recommends against white bread, sugar, and other foods that can cause blood-sugar spikes, the diet allows unlimited quantities of "good" carbs, such as rye bread, pumpernickel, sweet potatoes, rice, and, pasta. Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes is the first book to prove that nutrition is more powerful than oral medications in the treatment of diabetes.
More than 200 million people worldwide suffer from type 2 diabetes, and the killer disease is affecting a growing number of young children. A new study from Harvard University School of Public Health calculates that the problem of high blood sugar is comparable to that of smoking, high cholesterol, and obesity and overweight. The Lancet recently reported that the worldwide death toll related to high blood sugar is worse than previously thought (3.16 million deaths a year-in just 52 countries).
Dr. Neal Barnard