Don't Settle For Diabetes  In a past edition of his Healthy
Times newsletter (they're archived in the member center) Dr.
Fuhrman discusses his approach to beat type II diabetes and get
off insulin:    Predictable success I have achieved marked
success with diabetic patients and the success at becoming "non
diabetic" or almost "non-diabetic" regularly occurs on the Eat
to Live program whether the patient follows a strict vegan diet
or not. I describe the diet-style as a "vegetable-based" diet
because the base of the pyramid is vegetables, not grains. Even
though most animal products are excluded, it is not necessary to
adopt a completely vegan diet to achieve the goals. I offer
patients the choice of adding two servings a week of low fat
fish, such as tilapia, flounder, sole, and scrod, as well as an
egg white omelet, once or twice each week. A few servings of
very low saturated-fat animal products each week can be
interspersed with the vegan meals without diminishing the
results achievable from the vegetable-