Eating to prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Yesterday's story encouraged you to add almonds to your daily diet. Today's update looks at whole grains and their relationship to preventing diabetes.

The researchers looked at 4 studies of different groups of people and their health as it related to whole grain consumption. While the study authors can't say definitively that by eating more whole grains you'll prevent type 2 diabetes, they have strong evidence showing it can help.

The study authors point out people who eat more whole grains tend to live a healthier lifestyle, but they say, that didn't really come into play . .that it was the whole grain consumption on it's own.

What to eat? Well, bran appeared to be the most important constituent of whole grain for reducing diabetes risk with associations similar to those for total whole grain and the Department of Agriculture defines a serving of whole grain as 16 g of whole grain ingredients, the equivalent of a slice of 100% whole wheat bread.
So - hey, what do you have to lose??


The study was funded by the NIH .. it appears in the August issue of the journal PLoS Medicine.