Study: Avocados could help reduce risk of diabetes
By
Mallika Marshall, MD
/ CBS Boston
Avocados could help reduce risk of diabetes
BOSTON - A new study in The Journal of Nutrition looked at data on more than 6,000 older adults and found that eating avocados may improve blood sugar control and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, but most notably in people with a so-called "avocado intake biomarker" in their blood.
They say the study suggests that the way we metabolize foods may have a direct impact on our health and that measuring an individual's metabolites could help identify those foods that would be particularly beneficial for healthy living.
Mallika Marshall, MD is an Emmy-award-winning journalist and physician who has served as the HealthWatch Reporter for CBS Boston/WBZ-TV for over 20 years. A practicing physician Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital at the MGH Chelsea Urgent Care and the MGH Revere Health Center, where she is currently working on the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19. She is also a host and contributing editor for Harvard Health Publications (HHP), the publishing division of Harvard Medical School.
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