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To: Ilaine who wrote (31310)2/2/2016 11:41:52 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 39304
 
Barnard et al. have NOT proved that they cured diabetes with a plant based diet.

I did not read all the material referenced in the post to which you responded so I don't know if anyone said "cure" or not. You are correct, of course, re it being cured. The post, however, mentioned "reversed," which could be accurate. The medical term, I believe, may be used to indicate simply halting or slowing the worsening trend, hence a plateau would constitute a reversal. It's plausible that some diabetics would have a diet so bad--junk food--that switching to the proposed diet could provoke a modest reversal. Not saying I would recommend the proposed diet, only that the claim of reversal might not technically be a lie.

[I have a close friend who opted for that type of diet. She has been resisting any diabetes medication for a good decade now and has always been what would be considered a healthy eater for a non-diabetic but her dietary efforts became no longer sufficient so this is a last-gasp effort. She's a very smart and rational person and she is well aware of my leanings but she loves food and her tastes are more along the lines of the Mediterranean diet. She has cut way back on pasta but life without legumes would be very painful for her. Cutting out the fat and meat for her is tolerable. When she was making that decision I, of course, read all her sources, researched a bunch, and weighed in a bit but I didn't press. We no longer live nearby so I can't observe results. I have quit asking how it is working but I'm pretty sure that, if it were doing the job, she would have told me.]
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