Phoenixville Pilot Program Seeks To Improve Nutrition For Diabetics

PHOENIXVILLE, PA -- The Clinic in Phoenixville is launching a new pilot program to help diabetic individuals improve their nutrition.

The 6-week Heart Healthy pilot project will be spearheaded by well-known nutrition specialist Ana M. Negron, MD, aims to help diabetic patients improve their health, according to a press release.

It is part of The Clinic’s efforts to cultivate a clinical approach that supports population health and disease prevention for local residents, the release states.

Beginning in September, the aim of the program will be to document the short-term effects of a whole foods, plant-based diet on routinely measured parameters in patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

“Nutrition plays an integral part of our health,” Negron said in statement. “As a country, we have amassed an unnerving amount of chronic illness in the last 50 years. It would be far more cost effective to address many of these illnesses with lifestyle changes than the current pharmacological model.”

Roughly 80 percent of chronic illnesses, including Type 2 Diabetes are linked to diet and lifestyle. For Type 2 Diabetes in particular, risk factors include being overweight and a diet of animal-based and processed foods, The Clinic said.

Around 100 million people in the U.S. are obese, and 35 million have Type 2 Diabetes, according to statistics cited by The Clinic.

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