Celebrity chef Paula Deen’s announcement that she has diabetes should be a wake-up call about the dangers of eating meat, cheese, butter, and other fatty, cholesterol-laden foods. A recent Harvard School of Public Health study even suggests that eating processed meats and red meat can increase one’s risk of type 2 diabetes.
Fortunately, people can prevent — and even reverse — diabetes by eating a healthy, yet tasty, plant-based diet. Researchers have even found that diabetics who eat low-fat vegan foods are able to stop taking medications — or at least take fewer of them — to manage the disease. Many people have also lost weight and lowered their cholesterol just by eating vegan foods.
