Eating diet rich in green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of developing diabetes. Consuming green vegetables like broccoli, spinach, kale, cabbage and sprouts can decrease the risk of developing the condition by fourteen percent. Green leafy vegetables are rich source of magnesium and antioxidants that has been connected to lower the levels of diabetes.
The team of researchers from Leicester University examined six studies and compared the intake of green leafy vegetables among people. They found that people who consumed more than one serving a day had lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes that those who hardly consumed. Consuming several can have defensive effects.
The message to eat five portions of fruits and vegetables every day remains a significant one. The intake of them is important but this study proposes that green leafy vegetables appear to be especially important in terms of avoiding diabetes, said study leader Professor Melanie Davies, professor of diabetic medicine from the University of Leicester.
They already know that the health benefits of consuming vegetables are seeping but this is for the first time that there has been a proposed connection between green leafy vegetables and reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a grave condition that can escort to overwhelming difficulties like amputation, heart disease and stroke if untreated, said Dr Iain Frame, director of research at Diabetes UK.
The present research if fermentable carbohydrate found in foods like chicory garlic, asparagus and Jerusalem artichokes could help in losing weight and prevent Type 2 diabetes is subsidized by Diabetes UK. It is believed due to carbohydrate gut hormones are released that reduce appetite and boost insulin sensitivity thus escort to enhanced blood glucose control and weight loss.
By examining how appetite and blood glucose levels are normalized in people at high risk of Type 2 diabetes, it is hoped that they can find new ways to prevent its onset, said Nicola Guess, dietician at Imperial College, London.