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The association of whole grain consumption with incident type 2 diabetes: the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.
Eating generous portions of whole grains regularly may be beneficial in the prevention of type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal women.
This study evaluated the risk of type 2 diabetes associated with the ingestion of whole grains in women. Researchers surveyed 72,215 postmenopausal women without a history of diabetes for 7.9 years. During the course of the study, 3,465 cases of type 2 diabetes were recorded.
Researchers found out that frequent consumers of whole grains exhibited low risk of having type 2 diabetes. The results of this study suggest that postmenopausal women who want to minimize their risk of type 2 diabetes should add more whole grains to their diets.
Research Summary Information
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2013
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Parker ED, Liu S, Van Horn L, Tinker LF, Shikany JM, Eaton CB, Margolis KL.
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HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, 33rd Avenue S., Bloomington, MN 55440, USA. Emily.D.Parker@healthpartners.com
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