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THURSDAY, July 9, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n
Eating more fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods could lower your risk of type 2 diabetes<\/a>, two new studies suggest.<\/p>\n In one study, researchers looked at more than 9,700 people who developed type 2 diabetes<\/a> and over 13,600 who didn’t. Participants were from eight European countries and part of a long-term cancer<\/a> and nutrition<\/a> study.<\/p>\n After adjusting for lifestyle, and social and dietary risk factors for diabetes<\/a>, people with the highest levels of fruit and vegetable consumption were 50% less likely to develop diabetes<\/a> than those with the lowest levels, the researchers found.<\/p>\n Every 66 grams a day (2.3 ounces) increase in total fruit and vegetable intake was associated with a 25% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes<\/a>, Nita Forouhi, of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and colleagues calculated.<\/p>\n The other study included more than 158,000 U.S. women and over 36,000 U.S. men.<\/p>\n After adjusting for lifestyle and dietary risk factors for diabetes<\/a>, people with the highest levels of whole grain consumption had a 29% lower rate of type 2 diabetes<\/a> than those with the lowest levels, the findings showed.<\/p>\n In terms of specific whole grain foods, one or more servings a day of whole grain cold<\/a> breakfast cereal or dark bread was associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes<\/a> (19% and 21%, respectively) compared with less than one serving a month.<\/p>\n Two or more servings a week compared with less than one serving a month was associated with a 21% lower risk for oatmeal, a 15% lower risk for added bran, and a 12% lower risk for brown rice and wheat germ.<\/p>\n The reductions in diabetes<\/a> risk appeared to plateau at around two servings a day for total whole grain intake, and at around half a serving a day for whole grain cereal and dark bread, according to Qi Sun, an associate professor of nutrition<\/a> at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, and colleagues.<\/p>\n The studies can’t prove cause and effect. Still, both research teams said their results back up recommendations to increase fruit, vegetable and whole grain consumption as part of a healthy diet<\/a> to prevent type 2 diabetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n The studies were published July 8 in the BMJ<\/i>.<\/p>\n — Robert Preidt<\/p>\n ![\"MedicalNews\"](\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/HealthDay\/healthday.png\")
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