Are you overweight or struggling with type 2 diabetes? Try going vegan, researchers suggest in a new data review.
Vegan diets are high in fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and seeds and have no animal-derived foods.
The meta-analysis of 11 studies published through March 2022 that included a total of nearly 800 people found that following a vegan diet for at least 12 weeks helped people lose weight and lower their blood sugar, more so than a Mediterranean diet, different diabetes diets or portion-controlled diets did.
Compared with the other diets, vegan diets significantly reduced weight (an average of 9 pounds) and body mass index or BMI (a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters, or kg/m2) by -1.38 kg/m2.
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