A healthy diet that adheres to nutrition recommendations is associated with better blood glucose levels and a lower risk of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, a study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. This association was observed also in individuals with a high genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes. The findings were published in European Journal of Nutrition.
The study also explored the effect of the genetic risk of type 2 diabetes on the associations with diet and glucose metabolism. The associations of a healthy diet with better glucose metabolism seemed to hold true for individuals with both a low and a high genetic risk of diabetes.
“Our findings suggest that a healthy diet seems to benefit everyone, regardless of their genetic risk,” Tolonen concludes.
View: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-024-03444-5
