Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
Eating fruits and vegetables lowers the chances of getting diabetes type 2?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 10 prospective cohort studies with 434342 participants and 24013 people with diabetes type 2. The mean follow-up duration was 11 years (4.6-23 years).
There was no publication bias.
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that eating a lot of fruit, the chances of getting type 2 diabetes significantly with 7% [RR = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.88-0.99, I2 = 0%] reduced.
The researchers found that eating 1 serving of fruit per day, the chances of getting type 2 diabetes significantly with 6% [RR = 0.94, 95% CI = 0.89-1.00, I2 = 0%] reduced.
The researchers found that eating lots of vegetables, the chances of getting diabetes type 2 non-significant with 10% [RR = 0.90, 95% CI = 0.80-1.01, I2 = 66.5%] reduced. Non-significant is, there is no link to a 95% reliability.
The researchers found that eating 1 serving of vegetables each day, the chances of getting diabetes type 2 non-significant with 2% [RR = 0.94, 95% CI = 0.89-1.08, I2 = 45.8%] reduced. Non-significant is, there cannot be said with a 95% reliability that eating 1 serving of vegetables each day, the chances of getting diabetes type 2 reduced.
The researchers found that eating 0.2 serving of green leafy vegetables a day, the chances of getting type 2 diabetes significantly with 13% [RR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.81-0.93, I2 = 0%] reduced.
The researchers found that eating lots of vegetables and fruits, both the chance of getting diabetes type 2 non-significantly with 6% [RR = 0.94, 95% CI = 0.86-1.03, I2 = 34.6%] reduced.
The researchers found that eating 1 serving of fruit and vegetables a day, the chances of getting diabetes type 2 non-significant 4% [RR = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.86-1.07, I2 = 47.6%] reduced.
The researchers concluded that eating both 1 portion of fruit as 0.2 serving of green leafy vegetables a day, the chances of getting diabetes type 2 reduced.
Original title:
Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies by Li M, Fan Y, [...], Tang Z.
Link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4225228/
Additional information about El Mondo:
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Green leafy vegetables are Endive, lettuce, spinach, lamb's lettuce, chicory, lettuce, turnip greens, Salicornia, turnip greens and purslane.