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RE: Type 1 Diabetes Helpful Support Discussions

RE: Type 1 Diabetes Helpful Support Discussions

Ken - Thanks so much for all of your efforts. What you are doing is very intriguing and impressive. Would you mind (if you haven't done so already) sharing a sample meal plan for a week. I'm curious what you eat on a day to day basis. Thanks again!...

RE: Type 1 Diabetes Helpful Support Discussions

Hi Tara, I went WFPB/LF this past January 2018. I was coming off of a low carb/keto diet that I had been doing for several years on the advice of several t1d groups online. My insulin resistance has improved quite a bit since going WFPB/LF. I am T1d,...

RE: Type 1 Diabetes Helpful Support Discussions

Hi Ken, Thank you for describing in detail what you eat and why. The snacks information is also quite useful. How do you take care of your omega-3 needs? I take flaxseed meal and chia seeds. I've modified my exercise routine in order to achieve a better...

RE: Type 1 Diabetes Helpful Support Discussions

Rien, I hope it is OK for me to interject a comment from another discussion that Dr. Carney posted a couple days ago regarding Omega-3's: I actually recommend that people consume the majority of their omega-3 fatty acid precursors from leafy greens at 2...

Ken's Type-1 Diabetes Journey

I would like to express my thrill and gratitude to the creators of the Starch-Smart website! It is especially special to me since I discovered the benefits of a whole food plant based starch centered diet way back in 1989, and until now it has been a...

Heart Failure and a Plant-Based Diet. A Case-Report and Literature Review.

Whole food plant-based diet can help to reverse and treat heart failure and type 2 diabetes without the use of medications. ​This research work studied whether a plant-based diet can reverse heart failure without medications. A team of US doctors...

Meat Consumption = High Risk of Disease

protein (CRP, a biomarker of infections and diseases including heart disease and cancer), hemoglobin A1c (an indicator of diabetes risk), and stored iron (a mineral which in excess is associated with heart disease, cancer, and diabetes) also increased....

Effects of 7 days on an ad libitum low-fat vegan diet: the McDougall Program Cohort.

low-fat vegan diets. This study evaluated the effect of a 7 day ad libitum low-fat vegan diet on the biomarkers of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Researchers placed 1615 participants drawn from the McDougall Program Cohort on ad libitum...

Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases.

to the prevention of several chronic diseases, including stroke, hypertension, cancer, coronary heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. This study was carried out to determine how regular consumption of fruits and vegetables influence the risk of developing...

Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health

The Plant-Based Way to Health What if one simple change could save you from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer? For decades, that question has fascinated a small circle of impassioned doctors and researchers, and now their life-changing research is...

Biomarker-Calibrated Red and Combined Red and Processed Meat Intakes with Chronic Disease Risk in a Cohort of Postmenopausal Women

Habitual meat consumption may spur the development of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disorders, in postmenopausal women. This study evaluated the ingestion of a meaty diet and it's relationship with the development of...

Diabetes in Retreat

a family history? Outsmart it! Decrease your need for medication naturally with Dr. Carney. Her patients can REVERSE Diabetes Type II. Which foods worsen insulin resistance? Find out now. Get the keys to lowering your insulin resistance with her proven...

Association between physical exercise and all-cause and CVD mortality in patients with diabetes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

in diabetic patients using a meta-analytic approach. Researchers pooled data from 16 studies that examined over 150,000 diabetes patients and 13,000 cases of deaths. Researchers found out that the more physically active diabetic patients are, the lower...

Ken’s Type-1 Diabetes Journey Part 6: Glycemic Index and Attention Span

As a Type-1 diabetic, the study of insulin and metabolism has been a subject of obsessive interest for the last 26 years. From personal experience I have found that maintaining normal blood sugar involves more than simply injecting insulin. It turns...

Association between Fruit and Vegetable Intakes and Mental Health in the Australian Diabetes Obesity and Lifestyle Cohort

High dietary ingestion of fruits and vegetables may have a positive effect on the mental health of men and women. This study explored the impact of regular intake of fruits and vegetables on mental health. With the aid of validated food frequency...

Eye Health Seminar References

The following references are from Dr. Carney's seminar on Eye Health. These references will also be added to our Health Science Research Summaries section. Reference Sources for Eye Health Seminar Report of the Epidemiology Subcommittee of the...

Sugared Beverages Increase Metabolic Syndrome Risk

​More than 75 billion dollars worth of soda is purchased yearly. Sugar-sweetened drinks not only drain the pockets of millions of Americans, but these beverages are a drain on the health of the nation as well. Heavy consumption of sugary beverages, such...

The Association of Dietary Fiber Intake with Cardiometabolic Risk in Four Countries across the Epidemiologic Transition

more high fiber foods to our diet may protect us from cardio-metabolic diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular ailments. This study investigated the hypothesis that a decline in the risk of cardio-metabolic diseases,...

Early Suppers May Help Prevent Disease

scale. A new study shows that waiting longer between supper and breakfast reduces our risk of both breast cancer and diabetes. Eating in accordance with our body's natural sleep-wake cycle appears to regulate our blood sugar levels, thereby reducing our...