Eating walnuts can reduce a woman's risk of diabetes

The study, published in the journal Nutrition, showed that
ate two or more walnuts a week before and after adjusting for body mass index,
had a
risk of type
2
diabetes and a
risk of

21%
and
15%
, respectively.walnuts contain the highest antioxidants of all nuts and are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids,
has been shown to improve risk
factors affecting a variety of metabolic diseases. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health looked at the relationship between walnut intake and type

2
diabetes in two large-scale
-
Nurse Health Studies
and
NH
S
II. They followed






52-77
-year-olds) and
NH
S
II. (
1999
-
2009
)
79893
women
35
-
52
years old,
she
none of them have diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer.the
food frequency questionnaire
,
the consumption of walnuts and other nuts is assessed every four years.
confirmed
self-reported type 2 diabetes
through
supplementary questionnaire. They recorded a total of 5930
cases

type
2 diabetes

10
follow-up.they found that eating two servings of walnuts (one equal to
28g
) or more a week reduced
the risk of
diseases
in type
2
diabetes before and after adjusting for body mass index

21%
and
15%
, respectively., published in
in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, showed that walnut foods regulate dietary fiber and reduce the amount of insulin
on an
.