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Article: Mediterranean diet protects against diabetes in some.(NEWS FROM THE FDA)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
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- July 1, 2008
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A Mediterranean diet high in vegetables, fruits, and cereal grains and low in meat can significantly reduce the risk of diabetes in initially healthy people, according to a large Spanish cohort study published online May 30 in BMJ.
In a median of 4 years of follow-up with more than 13,000 Spanish university graduates without diabetes at baseline, researchers from the University of Navarra, Pamplona, found that those with food intake at baseline that conformed strongly with a Mediterranean diet had an adjusted 0.17 incidence rate ratio of type 2 diabetes, compared with those whose diet scored poorly on the 9-point dietary index. Those with a moderate Mediterranean ...