Eating beans reduces risk of diabetes, study shows
Diet rich in legumes - peanuts, soybeans and other beans - reduces risk of type 2 diabetes by nearly 40 percent, study indicates. High intake of soybeans linked to 47 percent risk reduction. Study used food-frequency questionnaires to chart health of 64,227 middle-aged Chinese women for about 4.6 years.
Food Navigator 2008-01-08
Categories: Diet-Related Disease, HEALTH & NUTRITION
Index: American Diabetes Association, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, beans, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, food-frequency questionnaires, G. Yang, H.-L. Li, heart disease, legumes, lentils, peanuts, phenol, R. Villegas, Raquel Villegas, Shanghai Cancer Institute, soy yogurt, T.A. Elasy, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, W. Zheng, X.O. Shu, Y.-T. Gao