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\"NewsBy Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter<\/p>\n

TUESDAY, Nov. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n

Overweight<\/a> women who eat a Mediterranean-like diet<\/a> may reduce their odds of developing type 2 diabetes<\/a> by 30%, compared with women who don’t, a new study suggests.<\/p>\n

The Mediterranean diet<\/a> is rich in olive oil, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. Previously, it has been linked with a reduced risk of heart disease<\/a>, type 2 diabetes<\/a> and other conditions.<\/p>\n

“The findings of this study make perfect sense,” said Dr. Minisha Sood, an endocrinologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.<\/p>\n

“This provides unique long-term data and supports the idea ‘fad diets’ are not the magic bullet. Having the core of one’s dietary approach based on Mediterranean diet<\/a> principles over decades may be very helpful in reducing one’s overall risk for type 2 diabetes<\/a>,” added Sood, who was not involved in the study.<\/p>\n

Researchers collected data on more than 25,000 participants in the U.S. Women’s Health<\/a> Study, which followed health care workers for more than 20 years. During that time, more than 2,300 of these women developed type 2 diabetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those who consumed more of a Mediterranean-style diet<\/a> at the study’s start developed diabetes<\/a> at rates 30% lower than women who ate a less Mediterranean diet<\/a>, the researchers found. But only women who were overweight<\/a> or obese<\/a> showed this reduction in risk.<\/p>\n

“Our findings support the idea that by improving their diet<\/a>, people can improve their future risk of type 2 diabetes<\/a>, particularly if they are overweight or have obesity<\/a>,” said study author Dr. Samia Mora, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Division of Preventive Medicine in Boston.<\/p>\n

“A lot of the benefit we see can be explained through just a few pathways. And it’s important to note that many of these changes don’t happen right away. While metabolism can change over a short period of time, our study indicates that there are longer-term changes happening that may provide protection over decades,” Mora said in a hospital news release.<\/p>\n

The research team measured a range of markers, including cholesterol<\/a>, lipoproteins (molecules that pack and transport fats<\/a> and proteins) and insulin resistance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Markers tied to insulin<\/a> resistance were the biggest contributor to lower risk, followed by markers of body mass index, high-density lipoprotein and inflammation.<\/p>\n

The fiber<\/a> content of the Mediterranean diet<\/a> is higher than the standard Western diet<\/a>, Sood said, adding it’s no surprise that markers of insulin resistance<\/a> — an indicator of diabetes<\/a> — are lower in those who follow the plant-rich approach.<\/p>\n

Dr. Shuchie Jaggi is an attending physician at Northwell Health in Great Neck, N.Y. “The large sample size [more than 25,000 subjects] and up to 25 years follow-up of subjects makes this study more meaningful for women over 50 years old that are at risk for development of diabetes<\/a> in the Western countries,” she said.<\/p>\n

Jaggi and Sood noted several limitations, however. Diet was self-reported only at the start of the study, and study participants were not diverse.<\/p>\n

“The subjects belonged to a certain cohort of well-educated white American women that self-reported diabetes<\/a>, making it less applicable to other ethnicities,” noted Jaggi, who had no role in the study.<\/p>\n

Still, Jaggi said, “Although this study is not a randomized clinical trial, it provides clinicians with the information that a higher consumption of the Mediterranean diet has improved long-term cardio-metabolic outcomes.”<\/p>\n

The report was published online Nov.19 in the journal JAMA Network Open<\/em>.<\/p>\n


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For more on the Mediterranean diet, see the American Heart Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SOURCES: Minisha Sood, MD, endocrinologist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Shuchie Jaggi, DO, attending physician, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Northwell Health, Great Neck, N.Y.; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, news release, Nov. 19, 2020<\/p>\n

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