Lifestyle Medicine to the rescue

Supporting research

Celli, A., Barnouin, Y., Jiang, B., Blevins, D., Colleluori, G., Mediwala, S., . . . Villareal, D. T. (2022). Lifestyle Intervention Strategy to Treat Diabetes in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care, 45(9), 1943-1952. doi:10.2337/dc22-0338

DeFronzo, R. A., Ferrannini, E., Groop, L., Henry, R. R., Herman, W. H., Holst, J. J., . . . Weiss, R. (2015). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 1, 15019. doi:10.1038/nrdp.2015.19

Egger, G. J., Binns, A. F., & Rossner, S. R. (2009). The Emergence of “Lifestyle Medicine” as a Structured Approach for Management of Chronic Disease. Medical Journal of Australia, 190(3), 143-145. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02317.x

Fortes, C., Mastroeni, S., Tubili, C., Gianni, S., Pandolfo, M. M., & Fano, V. (2021). Mediterranean Diet, Walking Outdoors and Polypharmacy in Older Patients with Type Ii Diabetes. European Journal of Public Health. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckab113

Gillies, C. L., Abrams, K. R., Lambert, P. C., Cooper, N. J., Sutton, A. J., Hsu, R. T., & Khunti, K. (2007). Pharmacological and Lifestyle Interventions to Prevent or Delay Type 2 Diabetes in People with Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BMJ, 334(7588), 299. doi:10.1136/bmj.39063.689375.55

Inzucchi, S. E., Bergenstal, R. M., Buse, J. B., Diamant, M., Ferrannini, E., Nauck, M., . . . Matthews, D. R. (2012). Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Patient-Centered Approach. Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), 35(6), 1364-1379. doi:10.2337/dc12-0413

Knowler, W. C., Barrett-Connor, E., Fowler, S. E., Hamman, R. F., Lachin, J. M., Walker, E. A., . . . Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. (2002). Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Intervention or Metformin. The New England Journal of Medicine, 346(6), 393-403. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa012512

Raben, A., Vestentoft, P. S., Brand-Miller, J., Jalo, E., Drummen, M., Simpson, L., . . . Fogelholm, M. (2021). The Preview Intervention Study: Results from a 3-Year Randomized 2 X 2 Factorial Multinational Trial Investigating the Role of Protein, Glycaemic Index and Physical Activity for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 23(2), 324-337. doi:10.1111/dom.14219

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  • Drivers of disease

10 steps: eating for diabetes - a summary

Page 12 of the Food as Medicine Diabetes cookbook provides a succint summary of steps to eating for preventing and treating diabetes.  Below is the list of published papers that this list of steps come from. 

Bhavadharini, B., Mohan, V., Dehghan, M., Rangarajan, S., Swaminathan, S., Rosengren, A., . . . Yusuf, S. (2020). White Rice Intake and Incident Diabetes: A Study of 132,373 Participants in 21 Countries. Diabetes Care, 43(11), 2643-2650. doi:10.2337/dc19-2335

Hu, E. A., Pan, A., Malik, V., & Sun, Q. (2012). White Rice Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review. BMJ, 344, e1454. doi:10.1136/bmj.e1454

Imamura, F., O’Connor, L., Ye, Z., Mursu, J., Hayashino, Y., Bhupathiraju, S. N., & Forouhi, N. G. (2015). Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Artificially Sweetened Beverages, and Fruit Juice and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Estimation of Population Attributable Fraction. BMJ, 351, h3576. doi:10.1136/bmj.h3576

Li, S., Zong, A., An, R., Wang, H., Liu, L., Liu, J., . . . Xu, T. (2023). Effects of Whole Grain Intake on Glycemic Traits: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 63(20), 4351-4370. doi:10.1080/10408398.2021.2001429

Malik, V. S., Popkin, B. M., Bray, G. A., Després, J.-P., Willett, W. C., & Hu, F. B. (2010). Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 33(11), 2477-2483. doi:10.2337/dc10-1079

Mozaffarian, D. (2016). Dietary and Policy Priorities for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Obesity: A Comprehensive Review. Circulation, 133(2), 187-225. doi:10.1161/circulationaha.115.018585

Murray, M., Selby-Pham, S., Colton, B. L., Bennett, L., Williamson, G., & Dordevic, A. L. (2021). Does Timing of Phytonutrient Intake Influence the Suppression of Postprandial Oxidative Stress? A Systematic Literature Review. Redox Biology, 46, 102123. doi:10.1016/j.redox.2021.102123

Schwingshackl, L., Lampousi, A. M., Portillo, M. P., Romaguera, D., Hoffmann, G., & Boeing, H. (2017). Olive Oil in the Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies and Intervention Trials. Nutrition & Diabetes, 7(4), e262. doi:10.1038/nutd.2017.12

Uusitupa, M., Khan, T. A., Viguiliouk, E., Kahleova, H., Rivellese, A. A., Hermansen, K., . . . Sievenpiper, J. L. (2019). Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes by Lifestyle Changes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients, 11(11), 2611. doi:10.3390/nu11112611

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