Apples and Grapes protect against diabetes

Apples can reduce the risk of diabetes, researchers have found out how the hospital Brigham Women's Hospital in Boston. It is enough to eat this fruit, 2 times a week, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes be reduced by 23%.

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Apples and even whole fruits, including blueberries and grapes, "significant impact" on reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes As American scientists. But the use of fruit juice in a large amount, on the contrary, increases the risk of the disease. This is the first of its kind study, which traces the impact of different types of fruit on the risk of diabetes.

The researchers analyzed information on the health of more than 187 thousand people gather in the period from 1984 to 2008. More than 12 thousand become victims during this time Type 2 diabetes . Researchers interested in the total consumption of all fruits, and some individual species. Among the fruits are apples, grapes, peaches, apricots, prunes, bananas, melons, pears, oranges, grapefruit, strawberries and blueberries.

Also, the researchers were interested in the impact of fruit juice and its consumption. It turned out that it is enough only 2 servings per week of certain fruit (especially apples, blueberries and grapes) that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes decreased by 23%. But people who drink every day one or more servings of fruit juices from the same time the risk of diabetes increased by 21%.

This is due to the high glycemic index of juice, that is, its ability to pass quickly through the digestive system. Fiber containing fruit make it more slowly, which is useful in the prevention of type 2 diabetes. (READ MORE)

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