As I stated earlier, my mother was diabetic. She ultimately died from eating too many carbs. I'm well-versed with the disease, what exacerbates it, etc.
"Read Neal Barnard’s Reversing diabetes. There are plenty of people who have reversed this disease. Check out John McDougall on youtube and open your mind a little."
I admit I get your vegan gurus mixed up. Colin Campbell is the one who thinks OLIVE OIL is harmful, right? McDougall is the nut who throws fits when people don't buy into his schtick, and who claims Steve Jobs actually had pancreatic cancer for thirty years, but lived as long as he did because he was a vegan.
I've seen you complaining elsewhere on FR about the "hostility" you encounter when folks don't believe what you're pushing. With all due respect to you, RM, this is a signal that you're edging into fanaticism. I direct you to post #65, which describes food fetish evangelists better than I can. (courtesy ping to Johnny).
I’ll admit that I’ve tried many different diets over the years. As I pushed into my 50’s i was having more and more problems. The simple fact is that I am healthier than I’ve been in years. My Cholesterol is 119, my bp which has been a problem is down to 130/75 and that’s even right after getting my pulse up to 120 and keeping it there for 30 minutes on a Nordic track. My painful bms are a thing of the past(Sorry about that, probably more than you wanted to know) but since you think I’m a fanatic I need to explain that I’ve gotten better since I started eating WHOLE Foods, plants like Kale, rice, oatmeal, soy or almond milk, potatoes, spagetti, rice, fruit(oranges, dates, bananas, apples,and raisins. I actually have not lost a pound in nearly three years and i feel great! I didn’t feel great before this way of eating started and I have gradually tweeked it. I recently stopped drinking caffeinated coffee( something I have had for 45 years. So if I am a fanatic, so be it. I am a fanatic about my faith as well. As Jesus said,”if you are luke-warm I will spit you out.”