New Study Concludes Eating Nuts can help Prevent Women from Developing Diabetes
The Nurses' Health Study, established in 1976 has found that Women who eat an ounce of nuts or peanut butter five times a week are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than women who never or almost never include nuts in their diet. They tested 83,818 women, aged 34 to 59, which suggests that unsaturated fats in nuts and peanut butter thelp regulate sugar and insulin levels in the body.
"Nuts are also a rich source of many vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants and of plant protein, which could also be beneficial," say study authors Rui Jiang, M.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues.
The study is published in the Nov. 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Nuts contain monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, high fiber and high amounts of magnesium, all of which have been associated with insulin sensitivity. These items may be the primary reason why nut consumption seems to reduce the risk of diabetes, but they're probably not the whole story, say the authors, who note that other unknown vitamins, minerals or plant proteins could also play an important role.
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