In 2021, I did a routine annual blood test. My A1C, which measures your blood sugar levels, came back as 5.7%. This number was indicative of being borderline prediabetic. The range for prediabetes is between 5.7% - 6.4%. Anything higher than 6.4% is considered diabetic. My cholesterol levels were also a little bit high. I was completely baffled because I worked out regularly, was not overweight, and ate a (somewhat) healthy/normal diet. My doctor informed me that my A1C was slowly rising each year by .1%. My first thought was to eliminate all sugar, because well, as we have all been told, sugar causes diabetes, right? WRONG! Roughly a year later in April 2022, I intensely researched if there was a way to reverse prediabetes, and to my surprise, I found a way to do it simply by eating a whole food plant-based diet. In this episode I share tons of studies I came across, doctors (i.e., Dr. Neal Barnard) who are spreading the word about this transformative diet, and incredible documentaries I recommend watching that discuss how the meat, dairy, and pharmaceutical industries make a profit over making us sick through the foods we eat. I also share recipe ideas and how you can make a change in your diet to live a healthier life. I am happy to say that through this plant-based/vegan diet, I was able to reverse my prediabetes' and lower my cholesterol levels in just as little as one week. Please leave 5 stars if you enjoyed this episode and be sure to subscribe/follow the show for new episodes.
