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From the Land of Fruits and Nuts: A study published this week in JAMA suggests that nuts prevent diabetes:
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Women who reported eating the equivalent of a handful of nuts or one tablespoon of peanut butter at least five times a week were more than 20 percent less likely to develop adult-onset, or type 2, diabetes than those who rarely or never ate those products.
Of the 28,989 women who never or almost never ate nuts, 1,314 developed diabetes. That’s 4%. Of the 4,314 women who ate nuts five or more times a week, 115 developed diabetes. That’s 3%. Hey! That’s practically the same proportion. Looks like nuts aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. posted by Sydney on
11/28/2002 01:49:00 AM
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