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Raw for 30 days
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Hey Macy, i've talked about how a natural, vegan diet
can improve or even cure a number of health issues, but
did you know that it can help diabetes?
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That's the premise of a new documentary titled "Raw for 30 Days,"
which looks at the medical and emotional journeys
of several diabetic Americans who switched to a vegan, organic,
live, raw diet for a month.
In the movie, six participants from a variety of backgrounds –
chosen because they eat a typical American diet heavy on meat and
fast food – combined the diet with exercise, yoga, meditation
and counseling, supervised by doctors at the Tree of Life
rejuvenation center in Patagonia, Ariz.
The results were almost unbelievable. By the fourth day of
the new diet, all had stopped taking insulin, and
at the end of the 30 days their blood sugar
had stabilized – in effect, the live, raw vegan diet had
reversed their diabetes.
This isn't the first time that this experiment has been
attempted. A study by the Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine (PCRM) and Georgetown University, published in the
journal Diabetes Care, put non-insulin-dependent diabetics on
one of two diets, the recommended American Diabetes Association
(ADA) diet or a high-fiber, low-fat vegan diet.
While the ADA diet contained offered considerably more plant
foods than the average American diet, it still relied mainly on
animal products for protein, mainly chicken and fish, In
comparison, the vegan meals were made from unrefined vegetables,
grains, beans, and fruits, with no refined ingredients like
vegetable oil, white flour, or pasta.
The result? The vegan group found that their fasting blood
sugars decreased 59 percent more than those eating the ADA diet.
In addition, the vegan group needed less medication to maintain
their blood sugar (there was no change in the ADA group) and
they lost twice as much weight as those on the Diabetes
Association diet.
The subjects of the study were as happy with the diet itself as
they were with the results. One of the participants said, "If
anyone had told me 12 weeks ago that I would be satisfied with a
totally vegetarian diet, I would not have believed it" while
another noted that she had seen an improvement in her asthma, as
well, and remarked that "I'm not taking as much asthma
medicine because I can breathe better. The overall mental
outlook on how I feel about myself as a diabetic is much more
hopeful now, as I am self-sufficient with a diet that makes
sense for me."
An even more dramatic reversal in diabetes was seen by the
participants in the "Raw for 30 Days" movie, most likely
because it was combined with a regular exercise plan. The
documentary's executive producer, Marl Permutter, has said of
the film, "Since 21 million Americans are diabetic, and 40
million pre-diabetic due to obesity and poor nutrition, I was
emboldened by the message that there is a way to choose life and
health instead of disease."
The "Raw in 30 Days" documentary will be released in Spring,
2008, and will hopefully educate a lot of people – including
doctors! – about the health benefits of a vegan diet. For now,
you can see a trailer for the film and read more about it at the
movies website, www.rawfor30days.com.
Be happy,
Rudy Hadisentosa
4 Pebble lane
singapore
437553
Singapore
www.Veggie123.com
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