Diabetes Type 2 Support Group

The effect that meat and fat has on metabolic syndrome (the precursor to DT2) was elaborated on through a study conducted in the Jan edition of Journal of the American Heart Association.

Just two servings of meat and/or fried foods per day increases risk of developing metabolic syndrome by 25 percent compared with those who eat meat twice a week.

Dairy products, by contrast, appeared to offer some protection against metabolic syndrome.

Which in my opinion is odd since dairy is a meat "product".

Anyways, in general, the westernized diet was heavy on refined grains, processed meat, fried foods, red meat, eggs and soda, and light on fish, fruit, vegetables and whole grain products.

Prudent diet eating patterns, by contrast, favored cruciferous vegetables (e.g., cabbage, radish and broccoli), carotenoid vegetables (e.g., carrots, pumpkins, red pepper, cabbage, broccoli and spinach), fruit, fish and seafood, poultry and whole grains, along with low-fat dairy.

After nine years of follow-up, 3,782 (nearly 40 percent) of the participants had three or more of the risk factors for metabolic syndrome. 40 percent!!!! That's a huge amount of people at risk for type 2 diabetes strictly through diet alone!

This study emphasises how much dietary lifestyle contributes to the onset of diabetes. It really makes you consider what you should be eating.
Posted on 11/05/09, 02:11 pm