A Question For Certified Diabetes Educators; WTF? In April of 2015, I wrote an article about pharmaceutical companies offering to provide free nutrition education classes to diabetics at physician ... READ MORE...
Review of “Thin Diabetes, Fat Diabetes” by Laurie Endicott Thomas
February 9, 2016 By Leave a Comment
In his December 2015 newsletter, Dr. John McDougall strongly endorses Laurie Endicott Thomas’s book “Thin Diabetes, Fat Diabetes”. Although Dr. McDougall’s opinion holds an awfully large amount of ... READ MORE...
The Battle Of The Diabetic Diets
November 15, 2015 By 2 Comments
This film from 2014 called “Low Carb Diet: Fat or Fiction” makes a convincing case that a low carb, high fat (LCHF) diet should be promoted to treat Type 2 Diabetes. However, it’s only convincing to ... READ MORE...
A Message to Young “Healthy” People
September 19, 2015 By Leave a Comment
I think it’s safe to assume that most people reading this will agree that regular exercise is a good idea if our goal is to live a long, healthy, full-functioning life. I also know that most of you ... READ MORE...
Diabetes Educators Employed by Pharmaceutical Companies Are Coming to a Doctor’s Office Near You
April 23, 2015 By Leave a Comment
I was recently informed by Deb Bellerose, nurse and Plantastic Life (PL) team member, that various pharmaceutical companies have offered to provide nutrition education classes at the physicians’ ... READ MORE...
Carbohydrates From Whole Food Plant Based Diets Help To Crush Insulin Resistance and Type II Diabetes
April 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment
The success that low fat whole food plant based (WFPB) diets have in preventing and treating Type II diabetes is so strong, that The American Diabetes Association includes a low-fat plant based diet ... READ MORE...
For True Health, You Must Eat Truly Healthy Foods
October 22, 2014 By 2 Comments
I’m finding myself frequently placing the adverb “truly” before the word “healthy” when I describe whole plant foods. My reason? Many people recently diagnosed with chronic disease often appear ... READ MORE...
Latest Type II Diabetes Study Asks Meaningless Question
September 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Daily Mail recently published an article on the results of a Swedish study that showed the following associations between dairy products and type II diabetes and meat and type II diabetes: ... READ MORE...
The Glycemic Index is a Load of …
January 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Glycemic Index (GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates on a scale from 0 to 100 according to the extent to which they raise blood sugar levels after eating. Foods with a high GI are those which are ... READ MORE...
Dietary Acid Load and Type 2 Diabetes
November 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Dietary acid load and risk of type 2 diabetes: the E3N-EPIC cohort study The study was conducted by Guy Fagherazzi et al. and was published in Diabetologia on November 11, 2013. The objective ... READ MORE...
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