Viva Longevity!

2 Competing Diabetes Reversal Diets: 1 Winner.

Viva Longevity!

Show Notes

Two diets. Two programs. Two DRAMATICALLY different results.

0:00 The Virta Health approach 1:30 The Salud en tu Plato approach 3:58 Patient results 8:11 Salud's medical director 9:16 Salud's diet 12:17 A truck driver story 15:35 The Hispanic diabetes epidemic 18:12 The practical side 21:03 Funding the program 23:14 Virta Health & ketosis don't work

BOOKS:

Como decirle adiós a la diabetes: Como controlar la glucosa en la sangre, y reducir o eliminar medicinas para la diabetes por medio de la nutrición y el estilo de vida adecuados by Maria Jose Hummel https://www.amazon.com/Como-decirle-adi%C3%B3s-diabetes-controlar/dp/0978668995/ref=sr_1_2

Health, Healing and Longevity Cookbook: Healthy, Delicious and Easy-to-make Plant-based Recipes by Maria Jose Hummel https://www.amazon.com/Health-Healing-Longevity-Cookbook-Easy/dp/0978668901/ref=sr_1_1

PAPERS & ARTICLES:

Digital Diabetes Management Solutions https://phti.org/assessment/digital-diabetes-management-tools/

Food groups and the likelihood of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7512147/

Axios: Diabetes care vendors say damning study doesn't tell full story https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/newsletters/2024/03/25/health-tech-diabetes-tech-reckoning

As VA Tests Keto Diet for Diabetic Patients, Skeptics Raise Red Flags https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-01-27/as-veterans-affairs-tests-keto-diet-for-diabetic-patients-skeptics-raise-red-flags

Long-Term Effects of a Novel Continuous Remote Care Intervention Including Nutritional Ketosis for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A 2-Year Non-randomized Clinical Trial https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2019.00348/full

High red and processed meat consumption is associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168827818300588

Red meat consumption and risk of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a population with low meat consumption: the Golestan Cohort Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460710/

Long term nutritional intake and the risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A population based study https://www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(07)00427-8/abstract

Understanding the growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes in the Hispanic population living in the United States https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6953173/

Red meat intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in a prospective cohort study of United States females and males https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002916523661192

Diabetes Gene Common In Latinos Has Ancient Roots https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/12/25/256832685/diabetes-gene-common-in-latinos-has-ancient-roots

Virta Poster session: 5-year weight and glycemic outcomes following a very low carbohydrate intervention including nutritional ketosis in patients with type 2 diabetes https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UKZ0m6bW2eV9rdM1qIZsUtxpyVSu1ZL2/view?usp=sharing

Salud en tu Plato English page: https://www.eatfortheearth.org/nutrition-programs/ Spanish page: https://www.eatfortheearth.org/saludentuplato/

VIDEO:

HARVARD: Red Meat Raises Diabetes Risk 62%. INTERNET: Nope. https://youtu.be/NgfTit87RYU?si=ShWad3hnpCmZtctY

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