Control Blood Sugar With A New Diet

Study: Healthy Diet Cuts Diabetes Risk

A daily dose of fruits and vegetables may be the key to controlling blood sugar.

New research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds what you add to your diet is just as important as what you leave out.

A 12-year study of more than 42,000 men found that those who ate a diet full of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish and poultry had a much lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who ate a western diet full of red meat, fried foods, high fat dairy products and sweets.

Type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing in the United States. About 16 million people have this most common form of diabetes, which can cause blindness, kidney failure and heart disease.

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