Last Friday, scientists announced that the risk of developing diabetes is cut significantly if the individual eats lots of green leafy vegetables.
British researchers have found out that additional intake of the common vegetables like spinach, broccoli or cabbage reduces the risk of incurring type 2 diabetes. The percentage is high, approximately 14%.
This comes as a result of their reviews of six earlier studies conducted which tackled the link between diabetes and vegetable consumption. These six studies covered around 200,000 people with ages between 30 and 75 years old. The people surveyed were from the US, China and Finland.
The findings, however, do not really pinpoint that it is the vegetables themselves that prevent the diabetes. More often than not, it is just the mere fact that those people who eat vegetables are the same ones who practice good eating habits and have healthy diets. It may just be a side effect of their proper exercise and nutrition and not really the direct effect of the veggies.
Researcher Patrice Carter thinks otherwise though. She says that the data really points to green leafy vegetables as the key to preventing diabetes. Currently, she is a member of the diabetes research unit at Leicester University. According to her, fruits and vegetables are indeed good but green leafy vegetables prove to be intriguing. This is the very reason why they are investigating these products even more.
The exact dosage increase of green leafy vegetables which provides a 14% increase in resistance is an added 1.15 servings a day.
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