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DR. HAMED KAMALI
Dr. Hamed Kamali graduated from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry and began his career in Devon. He has developed a passion for preventative and lifestyle medicine and believes that the first step to improving health is empowering patients by giving them the tools and knowledge to monitor their own health.
CAN A PLANT BASED DIET HELP WITH DIABETES?
Yes! In general, improving one’s diet and regular exercise is the single most effective intervention anyone can make for their health. In fact, lifestyle intervention has been shown to be twice as effective as Metformin for reducing the incidence of diabetes and with fewer side effects.
The American Diabetic Association (ADA 2010) and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE 2018) both advocate a plant based diet (PBD) with the AACE going further to state it as the preferred eating pattern for patients with type 2 diabetes.