Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics

"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."

Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics began as a Private Group on Facebook in 2013 because the author, Jacqueline Lemi-Hegarty, could not find a diabetes support group, online or offline, that addressed her dietary lifestyle as a type 2 diabetic with a Seventh-day Adventist background. She was looking specifically for recipes that were either lacto-ovo vegetarian or non-vegetarian with meats that Adventists consider “clean” by Biblical standards in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. In her quest to “reverse diabetes,” she researched the internet and other Facebook groups for dietary protocols that would help diabetics normalize their blood glucose and A1C levels. She discovered that those who achieved the most success in reversing diabetes symptoms eliminate sugar in all its forms, eat unprocessed foods, and practice intermittent fasting. They may be vegan, vegetarian, or non-vegetarian. Most followed a low-carb dietary protocol, but a small minority reported success while following a high-carb low-fat whole-food dietary vegan protocol. Hegarty’s experience (n=1), her observations of others’ experiences, and her research resulted in creation of this book.