Fruit and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Are Blueberries Better Than Oranges? : Clinical Nutrition Insight

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Fruit and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Are Blueberries Better Than Oranges?

Lomangino, Kevin

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Clinical Nutrition INSIGHT 39(12):p 8-9, December 2013. | DOI: 10.1097/01.NMD.0000441196.18508.6f

Abstract

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  • In longitudinal studies, the strength of the association between fruit consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes varied widely among individual fruits.
  • Overall, whole fruit consumption was associated with reduced risk, and fruit juice consumption was associated with increased risk.
© 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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