The study mentioned at offset 11:34 in this video is also described in Dr Greger's video below.

(5 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Diabetics suffering from nerve pain for years are cured within days with a plant-based diet." Excerpts:

This talk is actually a 7-minute snippet from a longer 54-minute talk: From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases with Food (Aug 2014).

This video focuses on diabetic neuropathy (damage to nerves), which may lead to serious amounts of pain and suffering. About 50% of diabetics develop diabetic neuropathy. Reversal of diabetic neuropathy — something considered impossible — was reported in landmark studies going back to 1950s and 1970s. In fact, reversal was dramatic — in 80% of patients, within a matter of days! What was the intervention? Adoption of a whole food plant-based diet (WFPB).

Dr Greger explains how researchers are trying to explain the mechanism behind reversal of diabetic neuropathy and diabetic retinopathy with WFPB. Is it because the layer of trans fats that accumulates under our skin starts going away? Or is it that blood flow improves; our nerves have blood vessels that can get clogged up, thereby depriving nerves of oxygen. When we create conditions (by adopting WFPB, for example), we facilitate declogging of blood vessels throughout our body, and reduction in trans fat stores in our body. But where do trans fats come into our body from? See Trans Fats.

(5 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "The reversal of blindness due to hypertension and diabetes with Dr. Kempner's rice and fruit diet demonstrates the power of diet to exceed the benefits of the best modern medicine and surgery have to offer."

Dr Rogers explains that all of these conditions are inter-related and influenced by the food we eat.