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Category: Vegan
Vegetarian Challenge Whether or not you are vegetarian, try this challenge in the month of October. Do it all month or just for one day or one week. Here is a suggested strategy: Total carnivores ==> only “clean” meats/fish Adventist non-vegetarians ==> lacto-ovo vegetarian or pescatarian Pescatarians ==> only lacto-ovo vegetarian Lacto-ovo vegetarians ==> vegan … Continue reading World Vegetarian Day (Oct. 1)
I was recently inspired by a member in another diabetes support group. This lady is a Jewish wife and mother (meaning, of course, that she would eat only “clean” meat/fish, as defined in Leviticus and Deuteronomy). But she has decided to not eat meat/fish at all, nor dairy or eggs, making her a dietary vegan. … Continue reading What Kosher, Vegan, and Plant-Based Label Claims Really Mean
Before you watch the Beat Diabetes videos below, I want to make it perfectly clear that Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics supports dietary vegans, lacto-ovo vegetarians, and "Adventist non-vegetarians" (who eat "clean" meat/fish). However, we strongly recommend low-carb/keto dietary vegan (< 50 grams total carbohydrates per day). We do NOT support high-carb low-fat dietary vegan. To Beat … Continue reading Should diabetics eat dietary vegan?
Those who have been most successful in lowering blood glucose, losing weight, and reversing other diabetes symptoms have eliminated (1) all refined carbohydrates (sugar and starches) and (2) transfats. Goal: To achieve and maintain an A1C of 4.0-5.6%, fasting blood glucose of 70-99 mg/dL (3.8-5.6 mmol/l), no blood glucose spikes above 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/l), … Continue reading Reversing Diabetes with WFPB
Those who have been most successful in lowering blood glucose, losing weight, and reversing other diabetes symptoms have eliminated (1) all refined carbohydrates (sugar and starches) and (2) transfats. Goal: To achieve and maintain an A1C of 4.0-5.6%, fasting blood glucose of 70-99 mg/dL (3.8-5.6 mmol/l), no blood glucose spikes above 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/l), … Continue reading Reversing Diabetes with LCHF
For all of us—Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics, pre-diabetics, ex-diabetics, recovering diabetics—whatever we choose to call ourselves, we can choose to follow a specific dietary approach to diabetes management. Or not. We will discuss some of the main ways (or combinations thereof) that Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics deal with diabetes. Goal: To keep A1C at … Continue reading Approaches to Dietary Management, Part I.
One of our group members reported eating a bowlful of cooked barley with 3/4 cup of berries for breakfast. When I asked him what his average blood glucose is on that type of diet, he said 83 mg/dL (equivalent to 4.6 mmol/l), which is well within the non-diabetic normal range. I applauded him for his … Continue reading Why Does the McDougall Diet Work?
Here is a real question from a real vegan diabetic. How would you answer this person? I would like to hear from both low-carb high-fat and high-carb low-fat vegans readers and anything in between. "My sugar levels are going up and don't know what I am doing wrong. This is what I have eaten so … Continue reading A Vegan Diabetic Problem
When I put this question into Google, the first article that came up was "The Ketogenic Diet 101: A Detailed Beginner’s Guide" (June 17, 2017). And it is, indeed, one of the best articles on this topic with a lot of references to documented studies. Simply put, a ketogenic diet is any diet that allows … Continue reading What is a Keto Diet?
What is your dietary lifestyle? When I first started the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics group, my initial purpose was to find other diabetics who are current or former Seventh-day Adventists, either vegetarian or non-vegetarian eating only "clean" meat. I stated from the onset that members did not necessarily have to be Adventists as long they understood the … Continue reading Dietary Lifestyles
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