Type I Diabetes, Health, Vegan Diabetic Diet Plan

Jessica Apple, A Sweet Life

What is type 1 diabetes, excerpt from Jessica Apple’s interview with Adrian Kiger about improving her health & stabilizing blood sugar levels with a vegan diabetic diet plan Article writer Jessica Apple  is the diabetes correspondent for The Faster Times.  In 2009 she and her husband, both type 1 diabetics, founded A Sweet Life, where [...]

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Insulin Insensitive Diabetes, Exercise & Plant Based Diet

Dr. Gabe Mirkin & Diana Mirkin

span style=”color: #000000;”>Dr. Mirkin suggests intense exercise and eating a healthy vegetarian diet  or plant-based diet can control blood sugar and reverse insulin insensitive diabetes From Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Health & Fitness Ezine, 9.9.10 Dear Dr. Mirkin: Does intense exercise control diabetics’ blood sugar better than casual exercise? Savvy Veg Note: Dr. Mirkin – who is [...]

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Searching for the Truth About Agave Nectar or Syrup

Agave Salmiana

Agave nectar and agave syrup. Is it  good? Or just as bad as high fructose corn syrup? Dr. Mercola and Madhava’s Craig Gerbore have very different views. What is the the truth? A few days ago, I read the Mercola agave article that’s generated lots of buzz recently – Beware of the Agave Nectar Health Food Fraud. [...]

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Sugar Free Desserts Using Stevia Sweetener

Stevia Sweetener

Sometimes it’s hard to find diabetic desserts. Convert dessert recipes into sugar free desserts with Stevia sweetener, a natural sugar substitute. Diabetics and hypoglycemics are always looking for sugar free desserts. And sometimes it’s hard to find diabetic dessert recipes, especially vegetarian, vegan or gluten free. But more and more people, especially vegetarians, are becoming [...]

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Healthy 60 Year Old Vegetarian Wants To Lose Weight

Yoga Woman

For vegetarian weight loss Savvy Vegetarian recommends daily exercise, a plant based diet and a couple weeks of calories count for a start. Question For Savvy Vegetarian: Hi! I’m 60 and have been totally veg for about 8 months. I eat a plant-based, whole grain, no oil diet. I don’t eat any soy products except [...]

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Dr. Mirkin: Diabetes Can Be Prevented & Cured

Dr. Gabe Mirkin

Dr. Gabe Mirkin talks a lot about plant based diet and exercise, as an effective way to prevent and control diabetes. Savvy Veg hears from a lot of diabetics and pre-diabetic people with questions about going vegetarian, and I recommend his site as an excellent resource for diabetes info From the 2.15.09 issue of Dr. [...]

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