A 69-year-old American man with diabetes lost 68 lb. (31 kg) and dropped his insulin requirements by more than 50 per cent after adopting a whole-foods and plant-based diet, according to a new case report published in the British Medical Journal.
A 69-year-old American man with diabetes lost 68 lbs and dropped his insulin requirements by more than 50 per cent after adopting a whole-foods and plant-based diet, according to a new case report published in the British Medical Journal. TORONTO -- A 69-year-old American man with diabetes lost 68 lb. and dropped his insulin requirements by more than 50 per cent after adopting a whole-foods and plant-based diet.
“He was on 12 different medications and had experienced troublesome side effects, particularly weight gain,” the case report reads. “His ‘tipping point’ was his recent diagnosis of hyperphosphataemia … and a conversation with his nephrologist in which he was told that he might progress to the need for dialysis in as soon as years.”
Within the first two months, he stopped taking four medications after his blood pressure and glucose improved. His insulin “steadily titrated downward.” The dosages for several medications were cut by as much as half within a few months, and he saw his creatinine levels normalize for the first time in at least eight years.
The man and his spouse followed the provided food guide strictly, with the exception of a weekly restaurant dinner, and after 11 months there was “persistent benefit” reported, the report said.
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