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Jamie Gets Off Her Type 2 Diabetes Medication By Switching To A Plant Based Diet + Speedy Plant Based Chili
By Karen Donaghy Given the enormous attention focused on flattening the curve of COVID-19 infections worldwide, you have likely heard that the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions, including type 2 diabetes (T2D), are most at risk for serious complications or death due to the virus. It’s not that having T2D makes you more…
Read MoreTessa and Steve Decker On Managing Type 1 Diabetes And Eating A Whole Food Plant Based Diet + Whole Food Plant Based Cauli Potato Mash (oil-free)
A few months ago, I asked people from our community dealing with diabetes to reply back if their hemoglobin A1c, a measure of blood glucose concentrations over time, had decreased since following our Meal Plans. Since then, I’ve chatted with Katie Holt and Dr. Elina Tomski about how following our meal plans has helped them reverse…
Read MoreDr. Elina Tomski Reverses Her Pre-Diabetes By Eating A Whole Food Plant Based Diet + Broccoli Cabbage Stir Fry (oil free)
Today I’m talking with Dr. Elina Tomski, MD, who has her own family medical practice in Florida. She was pre-diabetic for 5 years, despite taking supplements, exercising, and watching her carb intake. Elina heard about the positive effects that eating a plant based diet has on diabetes and although she was skeptical, she decided to…
Read MoreKatie Holt Was Able To Reverse Pre-Diabetes Since Eating A Plant Based Diet (video chat) + Apple-sage Tofu Sausage
Although our meal plans are not designed to reverse or treat diabetes, they are packed with health promoting whole plant foods and they do not include meat, dairy or oil. I reached out to our meal plan subscribers and asked if anyone has been able to lower their Hemoglobin A1C since following our meal plans.…
Read MoreCould A Plant Based Diet Help You Manage Diabetes? + Hippie Breakfast Porridge
By Karen Donaghy If you’ve emailed Clean Food Dirty Girl over the last couple of years, chances are I’ve replied to you. As the Virtual Office Manager for CFDG, I am on the backend fielding emails, improving our systems and working with our amazing team to keep things running smoothly. I am also in my…
Read MoreJoanna’s Journey To Reverse Type 2 Diabetes (video chat) + Plant Based Creamy Tomato Soup (oil free)
Sometimes I see people in our private Facebook group who are ROCKING plants so hard that I just have to sit down with them and have a chat. Joanne (or Joanna) is one such Dirty who I knew I wanted to have a talk with. Her positive attitude and zest for life is contagious and…
Read MoreDirty Girl Frances Jørgensen Turned Her Diabetes Around In 7 Months + Plant Based Oil Free Refried Bean and Salsa Soup
Watch the video in this post to hear Frances lost 55 pounds and got her A1C from 13.8 to 5.8, allowing her to get off both of her type 2 diabetes meds in just 7 months. All through food. When you make badass changes to your diet, and fuel with plants, your attitude about yourself and how you treat your body changes – all for the better.
Read MoreHow to Prevent Diabetes and Get Off Diabetes Meds. Hint: This Has Nothing to do With Counting Carbs + Healthy Flourless Vegan Cupcakes
Forget about what you thought you knew about type 2 diabetes. Why manage it when you can get to the root cause and prevent and reverse it? Here’s how.
Read MoreReversing Pre-Diabetes. This Guy Rocked It! + Overnight Steel Cut Oats with Date Syrup
There’s not a fine line, there’s a line the size of the Grand fucking Canyon between losing weight when one is already healthy, and losing weight to save one’s life.
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Read MoreCarole Gentry Avoids Cholesterol Medication by Eating Plants + Summer Succotash
Carole grew up eating a vegetable-heavy diet without even realizing it. When she got married in her 20s, she began cooking more meat and dairy. After 30 years, she was in chronic pain from inflammation. She had thyroid, liver, and cholesterol problems, and had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes along with diverticulitis. When a…
Read MoreJules Is No Longer Diabetic After Switching to a Plant Based Diet + Easy Seasoned Beans from a Can
When I hear stories about people getting healthier and getting off their medication because they switched to a whole food plant based diet, it lights me up. These are people who otherwise would have continued to feel like crap and be on medication if it wasn’t for this lifestyle change. This change is so powerful. Having…
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