Eating a diet that is low in refined carbohydrates and high in vegetables may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the February issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In the Nurses' Health Study, 85,059 women with a mean age of about 46 were followed for 20 years, during which time 4,670 developed diabetes.
Among women who ate a high-carbohydrate, low-fiber diet (with starches such as white bread), the risk of type 2 diabetes was unchanged. But those who ate a diet low in refined carbohydrates that included vegetable sources of protein (such as soy) and fat (such as olive oil) had a "modestly" reduced risk of type 2 diabetes.
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