Increased consumption of leafy green vegetables is associated with lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes, a BMJ meta-analysis finds.
Researchers examined data from six prospective cohort studies that measured individual consumption of fruits and vegetables. The studies also assessed the development of diabetes over a median of 13 years. Intake of fruit or vegetables, either alone or combined, was not associated with lower risk. In the four studies that specifically measured the intake of leafy green vegetables, a 14% reduction in diabetes risk was apparent between the highest and lowest levels of consumption.
The authors cite the antioxidant effects of beta-carotene, polyphenols, and vitamin C as possible mechanisms for this effect. Editorialists comment that dietary advice "may be just as beneficial, if not more so, than prescribing drugs" to patients at risk.
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People who eat green leafy vegetables are less likely to get diabetes probably by "...the antioxidant effects of beta-carotene, polyphenols, and vitamin C..." In other news i)people who read the wallstreet journal are probably richer than you possibly due to the polyphenols of the high fibre cellulose of the wood derived paper ii) people who read powerlifting USA are probably stronger than you maybe by the mind-body imagery.
ReplyDeleteMore likely is that people who choke down green leafy vegetables strive for health way more than the rest of us. Hence even though I doubt green leafy crap is helping anyone with anything, the holistic ideology regresses these people from becoming as obese,sedentary etc. vs the rest of us.