Diet can lessen your chance of type 2 diabetes, but you can't control other risk factors. New research reveals that eating one more dish of fruit may delay the chronic illness.
A new study in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that eating two servings of fruit a day reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by 36%.
According to the CDC's 2020 National Diabetes Statistics Report, 10.5% of Americans, or 34.2 million persons of all ages, had diabetes in 2018.
Remember that 90%-95% of diabetes cases are type 2. Approximately 345 million people are at risk for this disease.
Experts claim a plant-based diet can prevent chronic disease. Nutrition, smoking, and exercise are under your control, but age, gender, and family history are not.
According to Eat This, Not That!, Becky Ramsing, MPH, RDN, senior program officer at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future,
people who eat more whole grains, vegetables, fruit, beans, and nuts and less red meat, processed meat, saturated fats, highly processed foods, and sugar
This new study examined over 7,600 Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study participants.
Participants completed a meal frequency questionnaire on their fruit and juice intake.
"We found people who consumed around 2 servings of fruit per day had a 36% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes over the next five years