The Law of Health #5 is Temperance, or abstemiousness. That is, to abstain from everything that is harmful to your body. At the top is that list is sugar! I would like to suggest that real temperance for a diabetic is “portion control.” First of all, you need to be aware of what constitutes a … Continue reading Practice Portion Control →

Are you ready to get started on The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge? Have you already started? If you are not part of the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group, please consider joining so you can discuss your progress (or lack thereof) with the other group members. For ideas about walking/hiking, more information is available on our … Continue reading Begin The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge →

The most simplistic explanation of intermittent fasting is nothing (except water) between supper and breakfast. No bedtime snacking! While 12 hours of fasting and 12 hours of feasting, technically, is intermittent fasting, the most popular schedules for intermittent fasting are 16:8 (16 hours fasting and 8-hour eating window) and 18:6 (18 hours fasting and 6-hour … Continue reading Intermittent Fasting →

When Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics™ began as a Facebook group in 2013, it consisted of 30 or so of my Adventist friends who I knew were diabetic. I chose to call the group vegetarian, although I knew that some were non-vegetarians who ate only "clean" meat/fish. I wanted a group that shared recipes that were lacto-ovo … Continue reading Mission Statement Revised →