August 21, 2010

Green Leafy Vegetables Reduce Diabetes Risk, Study Finds

ScienceDaily for August 20, 2010 reported on food and diabetes.

The results reveal that eating one and a half extra servings of green leafy vegetables a day reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by 14%. However, eating more fruit and vegetables combined does not significantly affect this risk. Only a small number of studies were included in the meta-analysis and the benefit of fruit and vegetables as a whole for prevention of type 2 diabetes may have been obscured.