Health Update: Not All Plant-Based Diets Are Created Equal
Hello again all:
As you might guess, you can go predominantly plant based but not reap the benefits if you choose plant-based foods that are not nutritious. Well, duh…that seems obvious…yet the sad truth is that our nation does not eat a healthy diet. There are some plant-based food plans that lower blood sugar, can help you get over type 2 diabetes, promote weight loss, reduce inflammation, slow aging, and more…but there are some plant-based foods that do the opposite.
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Eating a plant-based diet can do wonders for your health. Studies have found limiting red meat and eating whole grains, legumes, and a variety of colorful fruits and veggies can lower cholesterol and the risk of cardiovascular disease, prevent type 2 diabetes and even prolong human life — not to mention the life of the planet.
When it comes to preventing diabetes, however, those benefits may only manifest if the plant-based diet is a healthy one that curtails foods that are highly processed or loaded with sugar, according to a new study that analyzed 206 different types of foods.
The 12-year analysis of dietary patterns of over 113,000 participants of the UK Biobank study, found that people in the top 25% mostly ate a plant-based diet low in sweets, desserts, refined grains, and sugary drinks. People in the bottom 25% consumed many more of those unhealthy plant-based foods.
Compared with people in the lowest tier, those who ate the most whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables and limited their intake of unhealthy options reduced their risk of diabetes by 24%, had a lower body mass index, better waist circumference, better blood sugar levels and lower inflammatory levels, according to the study published Tuesday in the journal Diabetes & Metabolism. The benefit extended to people genetically predisposed to diabetes and those who had other risk factors for diabetes such as obesity, the study found.
However, people eating the least healthy plant-based diet had a 37% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, along with a greater waist circumference and higher levels of triglycerides, a form of cholesterol, the study found.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/health/healthy-vs-unhealthy-plant-diets-wellness/index.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1262363623000812?via%3Dihub
Bottom Line:
For your own health and that of your family, your friends, this nation, and planet, consider making the more informed choice of stopping all processed foods, remove all added sugars, get rid of all types of processed meats, go organic whenever possible, and consume whole unprocessed organic foods consistently. If you do that 90% of the time, you will be successful at building your health, avoiding suffering, saving money, saving time, age better, and have more fun while you look better too! What does the science say?
Conclusion: Healthful plant-based diets may protect against T2DM via lower body fatness, but also via normoglycemia, lower basal inflammation as well as improved kidney and liver function.
