Eating more apples, bananas, oranges, and other citrus fruits might help lower your chances of getting type 2 diabetes over time.

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Eating whole fruit, not drinking fruit juice, may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus

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2021 Oct

The study says eating whole fruits like apples and oranges can help lower the chance of getting type 2 diabetes, but drinking fruit juice doesn’t help as much. This matches the claim.

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Eating whole fruit, not drinking fruit juice, may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus

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DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13639

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