Apple Can Prevent Diabetes

Apples, who is not familiar with this fruit? The fruit is readily available for sale at various places selling fruit. Various types and colors of apples there everywhere. Apples are much preferred because it is typical. Based on research, in one apple alone is believed to have many beneficial properties for the body. What are the content of an apple? And what benefits can be gained from an apple? 

Recent research from the United States found that the consumption of some types of fruits like blueberries, apples and pears associated with chill lower risk of diabetes. 

According to researchers, these fruits contain a lot of flavonoids, natural compounds that are present in fruits, vegetables and whole grains, which is based on the results of some research related to health benefits such as lower risk of heart disease or cancer. 


"People who eat blueberries or apples in the sheer number higher, they tend to have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes," said An Pan, a researcher of the Harvard School of Public Health. 

According to Pan, the findings suggest an association, but does not directly prove that the fruits can prevent diabetes. 

Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed results consistent with some previous research that had already linking diets high in fruits (rich in flavonoids) associated with a reduced risk of hypertension. 

According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 26 million Americans suffer from diabetes. This is caused by the body's inability to produce or properly use insulin, the hormone that converts blood glucose into energy. 
Type 2 diabetes can usually be controlled with exercise and diet changes and without insulin. 

In the study, researchers from the US National Institutes of Health to track your diet around 200,000 men and women for 24 years. The participants are requested to fill out a questionnaire about how often they ate certain foods and beverages with standard portion sizes. In early research, all participants no known diabetes, but during the period of the study, as many as 12,600 participants were diagnosed with diabetes. 

The results of the research found that those who love to eat blueberries have a 23 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who do not eat blueberries. While participants who ate five or more apples a week also had a 23 percent lower risk of developing diabetes than those who did not eat apples. 

The researchers revealed that flavonoid compounds in these fruits may have beneficial effects in reducing the risk of diabetes. "We found consistent results from three research results. Where the three studies showed that the consumption of apples and blueberries helpful to prevent type 2 diabetes, "said Pan. 

According to Pan, the findings took into account other risk factors, such as weight, smoking and a family history of diabetes. "This finding is very good because it encourages us to eat fruits rather than fruit juice directly (processed)," he said, citing recent evidence that fruit juice is given refined sugar and other additives may increase the risk of diabetes.