Juice and diabetes risk
Friday, March 12, 2010 19:26 Here's an interesting follow-up to my recent post How healthy is 100% fruit juice, really?.
A large study, conducted in China finds that people who drink two or more servings of juice a week are 25% more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes compared to those who rarely drink juice.
This is consistent with another large 2008 study, which also found that increased juice consumption led to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes--but that eating more whole fruit decreased diabetes risk.
Those who view fruit juice as a way to improve their (or their kids') nutrition might want to think again.
Eat fruit. Drink water.
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