Eating blueberries, grapes and apples reduces your chances of developing type 2 diabetes, while drinking fruit juices can increase it. Three servings of the fruit each week reduce the risk by as much as 26 percent. Blueberries have the most protective effect, and people who switch from drinking fruit juice to eating the blueberries reduce their risk by as much as a third. Grapes and raisins reduce the risk by 19 percent and pears by 13 percent. Surprisingly, research found that drinking fruit juices slightly increased the risk of diabetes. They think this is because the juicing process gets rid of the fruit and leaves just the fluids, which are more quickly absorbed, causing blood sugar and insulin levels to rise rapidly. This was based on research done with 187,382 people from the U.S., the UK and Singapore.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:23:48 +0000
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