Eating fruit to lower your risk of diabetesEating fresh fruit everyday was linked with a lower risk for diabetes and diabetes-related vascular complications in a Chinese epidemiological study that included a half a million people. China does offer some fascinating studies about dietary impact and disease. Remember the China Study that showed the link between ingesting animal proteins and cancer?
Everyone wants to know if eating fruit causes blood sugar dysregulation and or diabetes.
Real fruit is fine.
The study found that among individuals without diabetes at baseline, daily fruit consumption was associated with a 12% lower risk of getting diabetes compared to never or rarely eating it.
Among the individuals with diabetes at baseline, eating 100 grams of fresh fruit per day was associated with lower-risk of all cause mortality, microvascular complications and macro-vascular complications. The findings suggest that fresh fruit consumption is potentially beneficial for primary and secondary prevention of diabetes. The researchers also theorize that the strong association found in this study is due to the focus on fresh fruit, without use of processed fruit or fruit juice as a substitute, there is also a generally low level of fruit consumption among Chinese people.
This should motivate patients with diabetes or at risk diabetes to eat 1-3 servings of fresh fruit each day as it could decrease the risk of developing diabetes or life threatening complications from diabetes.
I just scored some wonderful organic blackberries and strawberries at Trader Joe's yesterday. I love blackberries in my Xymogen OptiCleanse GHI Sugar and Stevia Free protein shake.
Fruit is a good source of dietary fiber, minerals and antioxidants that may work synergistically to confer several benefits on metabolism, including anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, anti-platelet, anti-hypertensive, anti-dyslipidemic, anti-hyperglycemic and antiatherogenic effects. The natural sugars may not be metabolized in the same way as refined sugars. Processed sugar modulates the composition and metabolic activity of the gut microbiota.
Of course, if you have SIBO or yeast overgrowth or another condition where you need to omit or limit fruit then do so.
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