Vegan, Vegetarian Diets May Reduce Diabetes Risk

MedWire (11/10, Robertson) reports, "Vegan and vegetarian diets substantially reduce the risk for developing diabetes, compared with nonvegetarian diets," according to a study published online in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease. After analyzing "data from the Adventist Health Study-2 to examine the incidence of diabetes in relation to diet among black (African American, West Indian/Caribbean, African, or other black) and non-black (white non-Hispanic, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Asian, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, or American Indian) populations," researchers found that "various forms of vegetarian diets reduce the risk by around 50%, and by as much as 70% in the case of a vegan diet."