Eat walnuts to lower type 2 diabetes risk - research

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Eating walnuts just two or three times a week can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by almost a quarter, according to new research.

A study of nearly 140,000 women in the US showed that regular helpings of a small portion of nuts can have a powerful protective effect against a disease that is threatening to become a global epidemic.

Women who consumed a 28g packet of walnuts at least twice a week were 24 per cent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who rarely or never ate them.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10874893
 
But if you're overweight and add these to your diet rather than replacing something equally calorific, you'll gain even more weight and increase your risk further. Hmmm. :confused:
 
Why do they keep concentrating on single foodstuffs?

Eating a balanced diet with reasonable portions is the best approach. Taking regular exercise will help too. Nuff said. Now get on and do some sodding useful research!! 🙄

Andy 🙂
 
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