We are delighted to announce that our comprehensive review article on the prevention and treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with a Plant-Based Diet was recently published in the peer-reviewed Endocrinology and Metabolism International Journal.
Here’s the published article as a pdf.
Review Article
Open Letter To the Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
October 27, 2017
Dear Dr. Fuster,
In your recent update to the Expert Consensus Decision Pathway, (1) no specific mention was made of a safe and efficacious non-statin therapy, the plant-based diet.
Vegetarian and vegan diets can be very efficacious in reducing serum cholesterol and, importantly, LDL. Studies have shown that those following a plant-based diet have significantly lower total cholesterol and LDL levels. (2)
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This article is also available in printable pdf form: Colon Cancer Prevention with a Plant-Based Diet
It has long been known that vegetarians have a substantially reduced risk of colon cancer. Several studies have shown that vegetarians have a reduced risk of colon cancer of 46%-88%, and, as might be expected, a 54% reduced risk of colon adenoma, plus a 200% reduced risk of advanced adenoma. Vegetarians also have a lower prevalence of risk factors for colon cancer. These include a much lower risk of hyperinsulinemia secondary to metabolic syndrome, lower risk of obesity, and a much lower risk of Crohn’s disease. Vegetarians also have lower levels of CRP (cardio reactive protein) indicating a lower inflammatory status. This has also been correlated with a better prognosis for colon cancer.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. There is no cure, so long term treatment is indicated. Medication-based therapies comprise several classes of agents, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), non-biologic and biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), immunosuppressants, and corticosteroids. Other standard treatments include physical therapy and surgery.
Surveys have shown that a substantial proportion of people with RA will try complementary and alternative interventions, perhaps reflecting the lack of complete satisfaction with conventional approaches, and also a desire to help themselves. (1)
Printable pdf version (25 pages) : Type 2 Diabetes article
Today’s physicians are only too aware of the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) currently in America, and of its complications such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy and diabetic nephropathy. The increased risk of coronary artery disease that type 2 diabetics face is on every physician’s mind. Administrators and policy makers grapple with the dollar cost to the health care system from type 2 diabetes, and perhaps most worrisome of all, the rise in obesity and metabolic syndrome tells public health officials that the problem will likely get worse if nothing changes.
This article presents evidence of the safety and efficacy of plant-based diets for prophylaxis and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
On April 9, 2016, at Seattle’s Vegfest, the first Vegfest Medical Seminar was held for doctors and medical students on the safety and efficacy of a plant-based diet to treat and prevent several common diseases. This unique event featured 7 different board-certified specialists, who presented the latest research, along with their clinical experience.
We are delighted to announce that a complete set of videos of this seminar are now available. You can watch the complete playlist of presentations (see video link below program), or select the individual talk topic you are most interested in by clicking on the topic next to each speaker’s name in the program below.
Here is the program for the seminar, with each topic linked to a video of that talk.
| 7:00pm | Welcome | Amanda Strombom, President, Vegetarians of Washington |
| 7:05pm | Prescribe Vegetarian Campaign | Stewart Rose, Vice President, Vegetarians of Washington |
| 7:15pm | Cardiology | Dr Uma Krishnan, Cardiologist, Cardiac Study Center – Tacoma, WA |
| 7:30pm | Endocrinology | Dr Mythili Ramachandran, Internal Medicine, Bonney Lake Medical Center, WA |
| 7:45pm | Ob/Gyn | Dr Esther Park-Hwang, Ob/Gyn, Multicare OB/GYN Associates, Tacoma, WA |
| 8:00pm | Oncology | Dr Ron Swensen, Gynecological Oncology, Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA |
| 8:15pm | Prostate Cancer | Dr Andrea Rose, Medical Oncology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup, WA |
| 8:30pm | Infectious Disease | Dr Uma Malhotra, Infectious Disease specialist, Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, WA |
| 8:45pm | Preventative Medicine | F. Patricia McEachrane-Gross MD, Preventative and Family Medicine, Ocala, FL |
This article is also available in printable pdf form coronary-artery-disease-veg-of-wa-9-7-16
Introduction
For over 45 years, evidence from interventional studies has strongly indicated that a low-fat plant-based diet is both safe and efficacious in the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD). Interventional studies have shown that a low-fat (<10% of calories) plant-based diet is a viable and highly advantageous alternative to other interventional strategies. This treatment can be used in combination with standard treatment regimens, including medication, stenting and CABG.
