A plant-based diet for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 342-354

  McMacken, Michelle ^a   Shah, Sapana ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Insulin resistance; Vegan; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PLANT PROTEIN;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIET THERAPY; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MACRONUTRIENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VEGETARIAN DIET;

EID: 85020694061     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.05.009     Document Type: Review

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