BMJ, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, General Medicine, Medical Research Centers / 30.08.2013
Type 2 Diabetes: Fruit and Fruit Juice Consumption
MEDICALRESEARCH.COM: INTERVIEW WITH:
Qi Sun, MD ScD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Channing Division of Network Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
MEDICALRESEARCH.COM: What are the main findings of the study?
Response: We have three major findings.
- First, we found that total fruit consumption was consistently associated with lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in these large scale studies among U.S. men and women.
- Second, we found that different individual fruits were differentially associated with diabetes risk. For example, higher intakes of blueberries, grapes or raisins, apples or pears are particularly associated with a lower diabetes risk.
- Last, we found that fruit juice was associated with a higher diabetes risk, and replacing fruit juices with whole fruits will likely lead to reduced diabetes risk. (more…)