Diabetes symptoms: Slash your risk by swapping your pasta dinner for THIS
DIABETES risk could be reduced in overweight people by swapping white pasta and bread for whole grain varieties, scientists have claimed.
Experts provide insight into diagnosing type 2 diabetes
Eating more whole grain foods reduces inflammation in the body.
Excess inflammation could increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Those at risk of developing diabetes or heart disease should swap refined grain products for whole grain, urged researchers from the Technical University of Denmark.
Whole grain foods could also help overweight people to lose weight, they added.
Diabetes risk could be reduced by swapping white pasta for wholegrain
There is a sound scientific basis for the dietary recommendation to eat whole grains
“Our analysis confirmed that there is a sound scientific basis for the dietary recommendation to eat whole grains,” said Professor Tine Rask Licht, a researcher working on the study.
“This may particularly apply to people, who are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes.”
Previous studies had shown eating whole grain foods cut the risks of developing cardiovascular disease.
Whole grain pasta could reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes
The scientists analysed 50 adults at risk of developing cardiovascular disease, or type 2 diabetes.
All of the grain products they ate over an eight week period were whole grain. For the following eight weeks, they only ate refined grain varieties.
The researchers then studied blood tests from the participants to find the amount of inflammation in their bodies after eating both sets of grain.
They had less inflammation when eating whole grain products, the scientists confirmed.
Rye had the largest beneficial effect on reducing inflammation.
Type 2 diabetes affects about 3.2 million people in the UK
Whole grain foods include wheat, rye, barley, oats, brown and red rice, millet and corn.
In type 2 diabetes patients, their bodies don’t produce enough insulin, or their cells don’t react to insulin.
About 3.2 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to Diabetes UK.
Eating healthily, losing weight and exercising regularly could all help to reduce diabetes symptoms.