This past week one of the group members posted, "Did anyone read 'Vegetarianism and Diabetes: What's the Connection?' by Peter N. Landless and Zeno L. Charles-Marcel in the April 2017 issue of Adventist World (NAD Edition) magazine?" The article begins with a question: "Much is written about diabetes and its management. I have family members … Continue reading “Vegetarianism and Diabetes” from Adventist World
Author: Jacquie
Articles on the Internet
One of our Facebook group members recently shared a link to a page. My guess is that she did this to initiate a discussion about articles one finds on the internet. The title of the page was "The Fat Burning Kitchen--Foods that Burn Fat, Foods that Make You Fat." I'm not going to put the … Continue reading Articles on the Internet
Meat Analogs
Those of us who grew up Adventist know that there are many meat analogs available for those who don't have any problem with the chemical ingredients in them and the higher carb content. Since I didn't have to cook for potluck or church breakfast tomorrow, I spent some time this Friday afternoon researching. I have … Continue reading Meat Analogs
McDougall Diet
I ran across this post in a Facebook group and decided to share it here (anonymously, of course, edited only for grammar and spelling). "I was watching YouTube the other night, and now I'm struggling. Maybe someone can help. This John McDougall guy is pushing eating potatoes, rice, and corn to cure his patients, and the … Continue reading McDougall Diet
Sweeteners
Here are the results of a recent poll we took in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group: I can't say whether this is typical of all Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics, but it's representative of those group members who participated in the poll last month. (There were no participants who reported using saccharin (Sweet 'n' Low), molasses, … Continue reading Sweeteners
Another Success Story
We have added another individual success story! Please read about Thomas' experience here. We hope you will be inspired and encouraged. And, if you'd like to join in the Facebook discussion group, please feel free to request to join at https://www.facebook.com/groups/vegetariandiabetics/. Read the full group description here.
Earth, Water, Air, and Fire
"Classical elements" typically refer to the pre-scientific concepts in Ancient Greece, of earth, water, air, fire, and aether, which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances. The concept of the first four "elements" has, for thousands of years, been the basis of many ideologies, from astrology to homeschooling! And if you were raised … Continue reading Earth, Water, Air, and Fire
Call for Success Stories
I'm on an ongoing quest to collect success stories from diabetics—Type 1, Type 2, pre-diabetics, ex-diabetics, recovering diabetics—however you choose to identify. Although I know that every story is unique, I am putting the stories into three (3) main categories, based on their approach to diabetes management: (1) LCHF (low-carb high-fat), may be non-vegetarian, vegetarian, … Continue reading Call for Success Stories
Indian Food
Yesterday I posted on my Facebook Timeline: I've learned my lesson about Indian food. That started a conversation about my experience on Saturday of going to an Indian restaurant with a group for what was supposed to be a fast lunch between two services at two different churches. I didn't stop long enough to think … Continue reading Indian Food
Demographics Survey
Several days ago, I sent out a demographics survey to the members of the Facebook Closed Group, Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics. I am now opening the survey up to the 639 followers of this blog, as well as to anyone else who is seeing this and has an interest in preventing or managing diabetes for yourself … Continue reading Demographics Survey
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