A 10-week, Whole-Food, Plant-Based diet community intervention significantly decreased weight, BMI, HbA1c and cholesterol. The intervention produced a weight loss of 5 kg post-treatment, with 3 kg weight loss sustained at 36 months.
Vegetarian or vegan diets could reduce glycosylated hemoglobin, type A1C (HbA1c) 36%, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol 0.16 mmol/L, and body mass index 0.94 kg/m2 in a population with type 2 diabetes mellitus, systematic review and meta-analysis finds
