Diabetes:
Pre-diabetes: More than 1/3 adults in US have it – 90% of which don't even realise
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/diabetes.html
Cost of diabetes hits $825 billion dollars a year:
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/diabetes-cost-825-billion-a-year/
Cost of diabetes (UK) costs NHS £1 million AN HOUR – in 2008!
https://admin.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news_landing_page/2008/diabetes-costs-nhs-1-million-per-hour
Type 2 Diabetes: 78% Lower Risk:
Type 1 Diabetes: Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) in Cow's breast milk
"both raw and pasteurised cows' milk are potential vehicles of transmission of M. paratuberculosis to humans."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15074643
MAP & T1 Diabetes & Crohn's Disease
"Though MAP is identified as a trigger for T1DM, the underlying mechanism of MAP induced β-cell destruction is still an unsolved puzzle"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2867798/
Does Paratuberculosis in Meat Trigger Type 1 Diabetes? Logic & research suggests that it is. Interesting video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emHu0hOHjoo&t=55s
Does Casein in Milk Exposure Trigger Type 1 Diabetes? Once again, logic & research suggest that it does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZHBaiSHWo
Fatty acids and glucolipotoxicity in the pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes. "Western diets rich in saturated fats cause obesity and insulin resistance "
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18481955
Veganism and its relationship with insulin resistance and intramyocellular lipid.
Vegans had "a significantly lower glycaemic index " and "lower fasting plasma triacylglycerol" and "glucose concentrations"
"Vegans have a food intake and a biochemical profile that will be expected to be cardioprotective, with lower IMCL (intramyocellular lipid) accumulation and beta-cell protective."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15523486
Interplay between lipids and branched-chain amino acids in development of insulin resistance. “Fatty acids (FA) and FA-derived metabolites have long been implicated in the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22560213
Changing from Saturated to Monosaturated fats may reduce chances of developing metabolic syndrome, and in turn, type 2 diabetes. (type 2 diabetes, in turn, increases risk of cancers, cardiovascular disease, diseases of the brain, bones, kidneys & other organs etc etc... basically, diabetes is very bad news.)
“A saturated fatty acid-rich diet induces an obesity-linked pro inflammatory gene expression profile in adipose tissue of subjects at risk of metabolic syndrome.” “Consumption of an SFA (saturated fatty acid) diet resulted in a proinflammatory "obesity-linked" gene expression profile, whereas consumption of a MUFA (monounsaturated fatty acid) diet caused a more antiinflammatory profile.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19828712
“Metabolic syndrome increases one's risk of developing type 2 diabetes.”
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-and-metabolic-syndrome.html
"After adjusting for lifestyle factors and dietary factors, total fibre intake was associated with a lower risk of diabetes "
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4472947/
"We found a strong protective association between Taiwanese vegetarian diet and diabetes/IFG" (impaired fasting glucose)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24523914
“The intake of meat, particularly processed meat, is a dietary risk factor for diabetes. Meat intake impairs insulin sensitivity and leads to increased oxidative stress."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25222490
Obesity (this & type 2 diabetes are very closely linked)
The % of obese kids in US has tripled since the 1970s – roughly 1/5 kids are obese.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/obesity/facts.htm
Obesity levels in America (2016). (and globalisation means this trend will spread unless we help spread awareness of the negative implications of our diet)
“According to the most recent data, adult obesity rates now exceed 35 percent in five states, 30 percent in 25 states, and 25 percent in 46 states. West Virginia has the highest adult obesity rate at 37.7 percent and Colorado has the lowest at 22.3 percent. The adult obesity rate decreased in Kansas between 2015 and 2016, increased in Colorado, Minnesota, Washington, and West Virginia, and remained stable in the rest of states. This supports trends that have shown overall levelling off of obesity rates in recent years.”
It might be levelling off... but I'm not sure that's the level we want to see!
https://stateofobesity.org/adult-obesity/
"Age-adjusted mean BMI (body-mass index) was significantly different between the four diet groups, being highest in the meat-eaters (24.41 kg/m2 in men, 23.52 kg/m in women) and lowest in the vegans (22.49 kg/m2in men, 21.98kg/m2in women). "
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v27/n6/full/0802300a.html
Dr Greger's BMI video (Comparing different diets) Spoiler: The only diet, based on the study looked at, out of the ones mentioned (meat eaters, flexitarians, vegetarians & vegans) that had a healthy BMI was the vegan group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ileI3Gq7LkU
"Mean BMI was lowest in Vegans ...After adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity, education, income, physical activity, television watching, sleep habits, alcohol use, and BMI, vegans, lacto-ovo vegetarians, pesco-vegetarians, and semi-vegetarians had a lower risk of type 2 diabetes than nonvegetarians. "
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19351712
Meat, fruit, diabetes, and weight management:
"We recommend that fruit intake should not be restricted in people with Type 2 Diabetes"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497350
"Results suggest that a decrease in meat consumption may improve weight management"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20592131
Suicidal & Morbidly Obese: My Journey to a Planet-Based Diet (Lost over 100lbs, 43 at least due to plant-based diet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRAHox0a6Es#t=36.71523
Can morbid obesity be reversed through diet? Spoiler: Yes
"Weight loss can be achieved, massive obesity is not an uncorrectable malady"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z04QX7zyt-8
8 Weight Loss Transformations following a vegan diet: