WASHINGTON – Blueberry lovers have hit the jackpot.
reports the tiny berries do more to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes than many other fruits.
Eating one to three servings a month decreases the risk by about 11 percent, according to the research group , which used data from three larger studies. Five servings a week cuts the risk by nearly 30 percent, according to the research.
Grapes, apples and grapefruit help reduce the risk, too, according to the research.
However, strawberries, oranges, peaches, plums and apricots do very little, researchers found.
But across the board, substituting juice for whole fruits increases the risk for Type 2 diabetes.
“Increasing whole fruit consumption, especially blueberries, apples and grapes, is important,” Dr. Qi Sun, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard and the senior author of the study, told the New York Times.
“But I don’t want to leave the impression that fruit is magic. An overall healthy lifestyle is essential too.”
蜜桃视频app’s Veronica Robinson contributed to this report. Follow , and on Twitter.
