How a Vegan Diet Leads to Better Health
About 10 years ago, internist Dr. Dona Cooper realized she could do more for her patients.
Those suffering from diabetes, elevated cholesterol or heart disease would continue to have complications, despite being prescribed “the best drugs for chronic diseases,” she said. “They’d continue to have renal failure, poor circulation or they come into the office with high blood sugar.”
She cited studies which blame food as the most important risk factor for chronic diseases. A long-time vegetarian, Cooper experimented on herself and adopted a plant-based diet, which she credited for helping her lose 25 pounds and improved her blood pressure.
“I realized that we’re not actually treating the cause of the problem,” she said. “This is what I needed as the number one therapeutic approach in assisting them to experience better health.”