More fruits and veggies = less diabetes risk
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Surprising Findings
The protective effect of fruit and veggie biomarkers weakened with age.
We assume older adults need more nutrients, but here, the benefit shrinks — suggesting aging may blunt how the body responds to plant compounds.
Practical Takeaways
Add one extra serving of fruits or vegetables to your daily meals — like an apple at lunch or carrots as a snack.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
The protective effect of fruit and veggie biomarkers weakened with age.
We assume older adults need more nutrients, but here, the benefit shrinks — suggesting aging may blunt how the body responds to plant compounds.
Practical Takeaways
Add one extra serving of fruits or vegetables to your daily meals — like an apple at lunch or carrots as a snack.
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Blood tests for vitamin C and plant pigments stay accurate even after years in storage, making them trustworthy tools to measure how much fruit and vegetables people eat over time.
People with more vitamin C in their blood — which comes from eating fruits and vegetables — are less likely to get type 2 diabetes, even after accounting for other healthy habits.
Different plant pigments like lycopene (from tomatoes) and beta-carotene (from carrots) are linked to lower diabetes risk, but their benefits seem to work best together, not alone.
People who eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day — as estimated by blood tests — have about a one-third lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who eat less.
People with the highest levels of fruit and vegetable biomarkers in their blood are about half as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as those with the lowest levels.