Eating tree nuts appears to help lower and stabilise blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. [s]Science Newsline[/s] reports that a systematic review meta-analysis of the totality of the evidence from 12 clinical trials in 450 participants found that eating about two servings a day of tree nuts improved the two key markers of blood sugar: the HbA1c test, which measures blood sugar levels over three months, and the fasting glucose test, where patients are not allowed to eat or drink anything but water for eight hours before their blood glucose levels are tested. Dr John Sievenpiper, physician and researcher in the [b]Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre of St Michael’s Hospital[/b] said the best results were seen when tree nuts replaced refined carbohydrates rather than saturated fats.
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