Half a cup of peanuts: starvation diet for diabetes offers lessons

As a national debate grows about pharmacare, the key is ensuring Canadians continue to have access to life-saving medicines.

Liberal MP and Health Committee chair Bill Casey. The committee released a report last week recommending a national pharmacare program. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY BRIAN HILBERDINK

April 25, 2018

A century ago, a diagnosis of diabetes was a death sentence. The only treatment that was able to somewhat slow the progression of the disease was a starvation diet. Eating no more than 400 calories per day was advised, equivalent to about half a cup of dry roasted peanuts. Ironically, some people w...

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