Tackling diabetes with a bold new dietary approach: Neal Barnard at TEDxFremont

Just watched two TED talks on diabetes, one after the other. The first said "cut-out carbs, eat fats". The second said "cut-out fats, eat carbs".

To fight stage 4 lung cancer I made 39 diet and lifestyle changes to help my 4 treatments. No sugar best change. Given 3 months to live in feb 2017. Today happily tumourfreetim

My nana was in the hospital last week and she was diagnosed with diabetes. The hospital fed her orange chicken and rice for lunch with lemon pie... her sugar was 300 and A1C was 10. That is what they fed her ... unbelievable

This is AMAZING. There are 20 people on the internet, all with drastically different approaches and they ALL cure diabetes. AMAZING!!!

I saw his show on PBS Television several years ago. My Mom was just diagnosed with diabetes. It killed my Grandmother at the age of 57. That broke my 6 year old heart! So I turned into the food police. I monitored everything my Mom ate. I prepared all of her meals. I had to do a lot of scolding and pleading at first. The weight started melting off, her sugar normalized and the diabetes seemed to disappear. She dropped 65 five pounds in 6 months! She is 84 years old now and hasn't gained it back. Say what you want. This man helped me save my Mom's life!

At 12-years-old I weighed 160 pounds, only 5 foot 3 inches tall. Now, I am 18-years-old and weigh 110 pounds and have the energy to run a 5k every day for my regular workout routine. A whole-food plant-based diet can completely transform your health, love yourself enough to make the change!

Dr. Sarah Hallberg's Ted Talk advice is, if I understood correctly, the opposite of what this Doctor is saying, these two Doctors should debate Live on YouTube.

I wish every diabetic patient is given this video's title to watch at home during their free time online on their computer as they can understand better when they are relaxed.

For everyone here in the comments involved in the battle of high fat low carb vs. high carb low fat, both methods of eating have shown significant health benefits for different reasons. Just because you follow one method does NOT mean that the other is impossible. When you eat a large amount of fat along with a large amount of carbs, your body stores fat which leads to a plethora of health problems. When you are eating high fat low carb, your body uses the fat you consume as energy instead of storing it. When you eat high carb low fat, your body is using the energy from the carbs and has no excess fat to store. Both of these methods work for different reasons, and your preference depends on the type of food that satisfies you and helps you most. Now, I believe in the high carb low fat plant based diet completely and I believe this would be the best diet for me based on my values, knowledge of nutrition, and food preference, but that does NOT mean that those who prefer a high fat low carb diet can't see good results. I will continue to advocate for the diet that Dr. Neal Barnard is explaining in this lecture, but I respect everyone's choices and know that there are two sides to every story. If you have made it this far, thanks for reading and I am sending you happy, healthy wishes.

Whether you choose to go low carb or vegetarian/ vegan, there is some common ground. Both camps eat few refined carbs and both eat little processed sugar, so either discipline can combat diabetes. There is no need to attack one another's views - live and let live please, folks!

I was a type 2 diabetic for nearly 18 years. The diabetes was getting so bad on medications that I was told that I needed to start injecting insulin. I started a whole food plant based lifestyle about 14 months ago and I no longer have the symptoms of diabetes and without medications. Thank you for this wonderful information Dr. Neal Barnard!

Great presenter, good use of humor and analogies to make the content easy to comprehend.

My personal experience is exactly the opposite. After years of eating a vegan diet with no sugars or processed foods (and gaining weight despite every attempt to lose weight) I was diagnosed with diabetes. I changed to a low carb high fat diet and have lost about 8 pounds a month without every being hungry, have lowered my blood glucose dramatically, am no longer taking high blood pressure medicine, have reduced my oral diabetes medications (and plan to get off it by the end of the year) and have lowered my cholesterol.

Excellent presentation. After 3 weeks on a healthy plant -based diet, my sugars returned to normal. No longer pre diabetic. 1 year later off pain meds, lipid meds too! Please consider what the doctor says to help yourself and your family.

This is Dr. Neal Barnard who is in Washington DC. I went to his presentation in Tenleytown. It was fascinating

Great.Thank you.i think you are a great man for your work and making it public to help others.God bless you.

I wish the speaker stated more about the diet itself. He did a pretty good job of general description along with some anecdotes but it left me wanting more

Dr. Barnard's book saved me. My blood sugar numbers are now in non-diabetic range. I did add regular exercise, kept a food journal (and still do), and eat a plant based diet which all amounted to me progressively improving and losing weight. Not saying that the low carb way does not work for some. It also may work. I tried it and hated it so it amounted to it not working because I was non compliant.

Really amazing talk! I love his humor & bluntness ❤️

mygosh i never listened so intently and enthusiastically to one Tedtalk.. he's a fine person with fine understanding of his thing and a fine humour.. excellent presentation and speech..