Usefulness of vegetarian and vegan diets for treating type 2 diabetes

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-158

  Trapp, Caroline B ^a   Barnard, Neal D ^a  

^a PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Type 2 diabetes; Vegan diet; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALBUMINURIA; ANIMAL PRODUCT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETIC DIET; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EGG; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFESTYLE; LOW FAT DIET; MILK; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEGETARIAN DIET; WEIGHT CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 77953611076     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-010-0093-7     Document Type: Review

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