Study: low-fat vegan diet can be beneficial for type 1 diabetes
PARIS, May 4 -- While managing type 1 diabetes can be demanding, due to the daily insulin injections required, researchers in the US have found that a low-fat vegan diet rich in fruits, vegetables, grains and beans could have beneficial effects for people with this chronic disease.
Unlike type 2 diabetes, patients with type 1 diabetes are not prescribed oral anti-diabetic drugs, given their lack of efficacy. Subcutaneous injections are prescribed to treat this type of diabetes, which differs from type 2 in that the pancreas stops producing insulin, resulting in excess sugar levels. This highly restrictive chronic disease is not only treated by the administration of insulin, but also by following a balanced diet. And this parameter may wa...
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