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Nuts help prevent diabetes

13 November 2018

World Diabetes Day, held every year on 14 November, is a good time to remember that nuts are great allies in the fight against this disease.

A number of scientific studies have proven that, thanks to their simple sugars, which don’t concentrate in the blood, nuts can keep blood sugar levels down. The PREDIMED (Prevention with a Mediterranean Diet) study carried out detailed trials in several Spanish cities between 2003 and 2010: close monitoring of 7.447 people over an average period of 4.8 years revealed that a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts can help reduce the risk of suffering Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The recommended daily intake of nuts is 30 g, for diabetics and nondiabetics alike. However, some nuts are more effective than others: walnuts, for instance, help combat diabetes in people with a predisposition to suffer the disease or who are insulin resistant, whereas pistachios help keep blood sugar levels down after meals (postprandial glycaemia).

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