- Overview & Types
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- Type 2 Diabetes
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Best Diets When You Have Diabetes
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Low-Carb
Mediterranean Diet
DASH
The Zone Diet
Weight Watchers
Prepackaged Diet Meals
Paleo
Gluten-Free
Vegetarian and Vegan
Raw Foods
Alkaline Diet
Fasting or Intermittent Fasting
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American Diabetes Association: "Choosing What, How Much, and When to Eat," "Alcohol."
Nutrition: "Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base."
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Journal of the American College of Nutrition: "The ZONE Diet and Metabolic Control in Type 2 Diabetes."
Annals of Internal Medicine: "Efficacy of commercial weight loss programs: an updated systematic review."
Weight Watchers: "Weight Watchers for Diabetes."
Nutrisystem: "Diabetes Plans."
Jenny Craig: "Jenny Craig for type 2."
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Celiac Disease Foundation: "Sources of Gluten."
Diabetes Spectrum: "Preparing to Prescribe Plant-Based Diets for Diabetes Prevention and Treatment."
U.S. News & World Report: "Raw Food Diet," "Acid Alkaline Diet."
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine: "Acid-alkaline balance: role in chronic disease and detoxification."
International Journal of Health Sciences: "Role of Intermittent Fasting on Improving Health and Reducing Diseases."