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Plant-Rich Diets Offer Protection from Type 2 Diabetes

Diets rich in the plant compounds called flavonols appear to offer protection from type 2 diabetes. This study included nearly 3,000 volunteers from Framingham, Massachusetts. None of these adults had diabetes at the start of the study in 1991. Their dietary intake was recorded every three or four years.

Those people who consumed more flavonol-rich foods in the form of tea, apples, oranges, red wine, blueberries, strawberries and bananas were 26 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to those who consumed flavonol-poor diets. 

[Journal of Nutrition, Sept. 2013]

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About the Author
Terry Graedon, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and co-host of The People’s Pharmacy radio show, co-author of The People’s Pharmacy syndicated newspaper columns and numerous books, and co-founder of The People’s Pharmacy website. Terry taught in the Duke University School of Nursing and was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology. Terry is one of the country's leading authorities on the science behind folk remedies..
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