Eine pflanzliche Ernährung kann Diabetes-Symptome mildern

Die positiven Effekte, die eine pflanzliche Ernährung bei einer Diabetes-Erkrankung haben kann, werden beispielsweise in folgenden Auszügen der englischsprachigen Fachliteratur veranschaulicht:

„Consumption of vegetarian diets was associated with a significant reduction in HbA1c (...) Consumption of vegetarian diets is associated with improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes.“

Quelle: Yokoyama et al. 2014

„... a low-fat plant-based diet has been shown to improve glycemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes (...) This pilot study suggests the potential value of a plant-based diet intervention ... for treating painful diabetic neuropathy.“

Quelle: Bunner et al. 2015

„For the [vegan] intervention group, two [out of seven] people with diabetes no longer met diagnostic criteria [for type 2 diabetes] at both 6 and 12 months.“

Quelle: Wright et al. 2017

„The effects of high-carbohydrate, high plant fiber (HCF) diets on glucose and lipid metabolism of 20 lean men receiving insulin therapy for diabetes mellitus were evaluated (...) On the HCF diets, insulin therapy could be discontinued in nine patients receiving 15 to 20 units/day and in two patients receiving 32 units/day. Fasting and 3-hr postprandial plasma glucose values were lower in most patients on the HCF diets than on the control diets despite lower insulin doses.“

Quelle: Anderson et al. 1979

„In this randomized, controlled trial, a [vegan] nutrition intervention at the workplace yielded significant improvements in body weight, plasma lipids and glycemic control among diabetics.“

Quelle: Mishra et al. 2013

„Individuals with type 2 diabetes (n = 99) were randomly assigned to a low-fat vegan diet (n = 49) or a diet following the American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines (n = 50). (...) improvements were greater with a low-fat vegan diet. (...) Forty-three percent (21 of 49) of the vegan group (...) reduced diabetes medications.“

Quelle: Barnard et al. 2006

„... a low-fat vegan diet appeared to improve glycemia and plasma lipids more [in diabetics] than did conventional diabetes diet recommendations.“

Quelle: Barnard et al. 2009

„This study reports alleviation of the sharp, burning pains characteristic of systemic distal polyneuropathy (SDPN) patients with adult-onset (Type II) diabetes mellitus (AODM)." + "Twenty-one patients with known AODM and SDPN, average age 64, were trained in a low fat (10–15% of cats), high fiber, total vegetarian diet (…) Complete relief of the SDPN pain occurred in 17 of the 21 patients in 4 to 16 days. The numbness (...) had noticeably improved. (...) the insulin needs had dropped in half the patients. Five no longer needed hypoglycemic agents. Also, serum triglyceride and total cholesterol had decreased ...“

Quelle: Crane et al. 2009

„The use of a low-fat, vegetarian diet in patients with [non-insulin-dependent diabetes] was associated with significant reductions in fasting serum glucose concentration and body weight in the absence of recommendations for exercise. (...) Of six experimental group subjects on oral hypoglycemic agents, medication use was discontinued in one and reduced in three. (...) No patient in the control group reduced medication use.“

Quelle: Nicholson 1999

„In a 12-week pilot trial of a low-fat vegan diet in individuals with type 2 diabetes, conducted without increased exercise, fasting serum glucose concentration dropped 28% compared with 12% in the control group following a diet based on American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines ...“

Quelle: Barnard et al. 2006

„Our experience leads us to conclude that an attitude of resignation with regard to the prognosis in diabetes mellitus with vascular complications including diabetic retinopathy is no longer necessary. The course of the disease can be favorably changed by intensive treatment with the rice diet. (...) Manifestations of cardiovascular and renal disease such as hypertension, enlargement of the heart, electrocardiographic abnormalities, azotemia and proteinuria improved significantly in the majority of cases. Hypercholesteremia, present in 80 of the lOO cases, decreased in 85 per cent from an average level of 325 mg. to an average level of 227 mg. per 100 cc.“

Quelle: Kempner al. 1958