{"id":3969,"date":"2025-05-14T10:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/?p=3969"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:25:04","slug":"online-physician-led-nutrition-program-effectively-improves-health-in-type-2-diabetes-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/?p=3969","title":{"rendered":"Online Physician-Led Nutrition Program Effectively Improves Health in Type 2 Diabetes Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new study published in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1177\/15598276251339396\"><em>American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine<\/em>&nbsp;<\/a>reveals that an online physician-led plant-based nutrition program significantly improves health outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes. The program, developed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, reduced medication use, body weight, blood sugar levels (A1C), and cholesterol levels, demonstrating its practicality and cost-effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study enrolled 76 adults with type 2 diabetes in a 12-week online program costing $399 per participant. Each weekly 60-minute class, led by a physician and a registered dietitian, provided education on plant-based nutrition, practical dietary tips, and peer support. Participants followed a low-fat, whole-food plant-based diet, excluding animal products and minimizing high-fat plant foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the 58 participants who completed the program, average body weight decreased by 3.7 kilograms (about 8 pounds), and A1C levels dropped by 0.6%. Additionally, total and LDL cholesterol levels improved for those not taking lipid-lowering medications, and 22% of participants reduced their diabetes medication dosages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Vanita Rahman, the study\u2019s lead author, emphasized the program\u2019s potential:&nbsp;\u201cAn abundance of research already shows that a plant-based diet is optimal for managing type 2 diabetes. Our study demonstrates how online interventions can overcome barriers like limited clinician nutrition education and short office visits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added,&nbsp;<em>\u201cThis program allows providers to integrate plant-based nutrition into practice and improve patient outcomes on a broader scale.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 1 billion people projected to have diabetes by 2050, scalable solutions like this online program could play a critical role in addressing the global epidemic. The study highlights the effectiveness of plant-based nutrition interventions in improving health outcomes while remaining accessible and cost-effective for patients and providers alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study published in the&nbsp;American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine&nbsp;reveals that an online physician-led plant-based nutrition program significantly improves health outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes. The program, developed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, reduced medication use, body weight, blood sugar levels (A1C), and cholesterol levels, demonstrating its practicality and cost-effectiveness. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1565],"tags":[726,1613],"class_list":["post-3969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-medicine","tag-health","tag-type-2-diabetes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3970,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3969\/revisions\/3970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientificworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}