Veganism and Diabetes

Interesting research on the effects of a vegan diet on Type 2 diabetes (no news on Type 1) by the Physicians' Council for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).

Here's a link to a summary of results from the study. It was compared to the standard diet recommended by the American Diabetes Association for Type 2 diabetics. Ummm...I guess you've probably figured out that I wouldn't be posting about this if the vegan diet didn't pretty much rock that diabetes study, right?

PCRM has been advocating a lot of research into the effects of vegan diets. There are a bunch of clinical studies referenced at their website - all of them of interest to vegans, people worried about vegans, people thinking about becoming vegan, diabetic people, people who are concerned about heart disease, people who want to lose weight, people who are just interested in stuff, whatever.

Since you will notice that PCRM has conducted a lot of research concerning veganism, you might conclude that they have a vested interest in promoting veganism. Especially since they also state that they oppose unethical human experiments and animal testing. You might feel that they have a sneaky vegan agenda. Like this guy. Promoting research into nutrition, advocating for preventive medicine and higher ethical standards in research, establishing The Cancer Project, and the Washington Center for Clinical Research. Working with the National Institute of Health. Who does he think he is?

Their advisory board is impressive as well. T. Colin Campbell wrote "The China Study," which you should really read if you are a human who relies on food to live.