Conclusion
Vegan diets have a myriad of benefits on the health of Type 2 Diabetes patients. The first benefit of a strict vegetarian diet is the reduced risk of weight gain. The observation is in tandem with previous research on the subject. Roman Pawlak contends that although there are several diets for diabetic patients, reduced weight is likely a result of reliance on a vegan diet (84). The impact of a vegan diet on a diabetic patient is such that the National Health Service recommends consumption of at least six glasses of fluids a day (“The Vegan Diet”). The abundant fluid helps counter what is lost through excessive sweating.
Stable blood pressure is another positive impact of a vegan diet on Type 2 Diabetes patients. Pawlak associates vegan diets with improvement in patients’ serum glucose concentration, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (82). Consequently, patients have a lower risk of hospitalization or death resulting from ischemic heart conditions (82). From the experiment, patients on vegan diet recorded stabilized blood pressure while their counterparts recorded rising figures. Other than diet, exercise is an underrated, yet effective management tool for diabetes. According to Brittanie et al, diet and exercise are essential elements of lifestyle change necessary for the management of diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes is a lifestyle disease manageable through diet and lifestyle change.
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