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Higher adherence to plant-based dietary patterns is associated with a significantly lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to poorer adherence.
To lower your risk of type 2 diabetes, shift your diet towards more plant-based foods. This means eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and nuts, while reducing or excluding animal products. You do not need to be perfect; even moderate increases in plant-based food consumption are associated with a lower risk. Focus on 'healthy' plant foods rather than refined grains or sugars for the best results.
A significant inverse association was observed between higher adherence to a plant-based dietary pattern and risk of type 2 diabetes (RR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.71-0.84) in comparison with poorer adherence.
Why this rating
High-quality prospective observational meta-analysis with large sample size (307k participants), though observational design limits causal inference.
Source
Association Between Plant-Based Dietary Patterns and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Frank Qian et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine · 2019
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