Another study found that those on a plant-based diet were associated with a 78 per cent lower risk of type 2 diabetes when compared to those who ate meat on a daily basis.63 They were also associated with a 27 per cent lower risk than pescatarians, suggesting that to maximise the potential of diet we need to do more than just swap saturated fat for unsaturated fat – we also need to move to a diet of whole-plant foods.
