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For people with type 2 diabetes, eating poorly doesn't seem to strongly raise blood pressure, unlike its clear link to high blood sugar and weight gain.

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Low diet quality is associated with adverse levels of metabolic health markers and clustering of risk factors in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Cross-Sectional Study
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2023 Feb

The study looked at how healthy eating affects health problems in diabetics, but it never said anything about high blood pressure — even though the claim says it does. So we can’t say the study supports the claim.

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Low diet quality is associated with adverse levels of metabolic health markers and clustering of risk factors in adults with type 2 diabetes.

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DOI: 10.1111/jhn.13020

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