Vegetarianism and Diabetes

By Jake Ryan

It is easy to become overwhelmed by diabetes. You need to take change your diet to help manage the disease. One particular life change people with diabetes have been changing to is a vegetarian diet. It eliminates all animal foods and sugar.

Diabetes. Diabetes is the inability of the body to produce and or use insulin. Insulin moves the glucose in the blood stream into the cells to fuel them. For whatever reason many times, this process is interrupted. Either the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the cells are not utilizing it properly. Whichever occurs this leads to a buildup of blood sugar that can cause a host of other problems. Diet is the first line of defense for these issues.

Vegetarianism. There are many levels of a vegetarian diet, from strict vegetarian or vegan to more liberal plans that allow for meat on special occasions. No matter which plan you lean towards there is some evidence that vegetarianism and diabetes are a good fit.

Maintaining a proper weight for your body is essential to keeping your diabetes in check. When you lose weight you can reduce cell resistance to insulin so that it can produce more sugar. Vegetarian diets are lower in calories than an average diet.

A vegetarian diet contains little or no animal products; this in turn reduces fat and cholesterol in the diet, which reduces the occurrence of other complications from diabetes. Namely cardiovascular and kidney disease, two of the most common complications.

To conclude, the vegetarian diet is very healthy for a diabetic. It helps to maintain your weight, lower cholesterol, and increase overall health. - 17268

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