U.S. Doctors to Promote Vegetarianism in India

"Mumbai, January 18 A team of US-based doctors visited the city on Friday to encourage people to switch over to vegetarian food.

A research conducted by the Doctors from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), USA, proved the efficacy of low-fat vegetarian diet in reversing blood sugar levels of people with type II diabetes. “The westernization of the diet has played a major role in the diabetes epidemic. America should Easternize its own diet. If Americans learn to eat dal, rice, and palak, they would be slimmer and healthier,” said Dr Neal Barnard president of CRM."

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