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- Type of diabetes
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I did read Fuhrman's book on diabetes a while ago but wasn't fired up with enthusiasm by it. Interestingly, I recently came across the spat between him and T Colin Campbell (The China Study guy) which has made me wonder if Fuhrman's research base for his recommendations on diabetes is strong. If anyone is interested, here's a link:
Thank you @dms1. That does interest me, as a friend who is a strong advocate of the vegan diet recommended both authors in the same breath! And also mentioned some others, whose work on the value of plant-based nutrition I haven’t had a chance to look at yet: Michael Greger, Neil Bernard, John McDougal, Caldwell Esselstyn. I was a bit boggled by the long list, and Joel F looked like a good place to start, as I could see he had books on Amazon (& then there’s which to choose, if any).
I note that some of these were written maybe 4-8 years ago. And there’s been the recent information/study about saturated fat as not linked with insulin issues. So I wonder if they are even up to date, still. Especially as my friend was citing the combination of substance and fat in the blood as ‘the issue’, rather than carbohydrate. And listed those authors. I’m a bit confused as I’ve been favouring a low carb approach for a year or more - and am certainly a normal weight again from that, which can’t be bad.
Would be very glad if anyone can throw more light on these issues as there are so many advocates of this or that approach out there. Maybe the content of their material suits some people