A Nutritarian diet is key to preventing, improving, and reversing type 2 diabetes and is critical for the health and survival of type 1 diabetics. Diabetes affects roughly 135 million people worldwide, with more than 16 million Americans suffering from diabetes. More than 70 percent of the adults with Type 2 diabetes die of heart attacks or strokes. In diabetes mellitus type 2 and gestational diabetes, the insulin produced by the pancreas is not sufficient enough to drive the glucose out of the bloodstream and into cells. Diabetes mellitus type 1 results from the autoimmune destruction of the beta cells of the pancreas, which produce insulin. While patients with type 1 diabetes can significantly improve their glucose control and risk of complications, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes can be totally reversed with a Nutritarian diet.

Medications for diabetes have significant risks and side effects including heart failure and cancer. Many oral medications and insulin worsen weight gain, which worsens insulin resistance, leading to the need for more medications thus increasing the complications of diabetes. Only a Nutritarian diet that is filled with micronutrient-dense vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, and seeds can transform people quickly, yet permanently, to a favorable weight and repair damaged cells. This way of eating helps with weight loss, restores insulin sensitivity, lowers glucose numbers, restores pancreatic function, decreases the risk of long-term complications, and significantly improves quality of life. A Nutritarian diet is the answer to the diabetes epidemic.