In July 2008 both Reuters and ABC News reported on a study published in the Journal Diabetes Care showing a link between fruit Juice and diabetes in women.

Dr. Lydia A. Bazzano of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans and colleagues analyzed data from the Nurses’ Health Study, which has followed the health and lifestyles of 71,346 women over an 18-year period, and found that one additional daily serving of fruit juice increased the likelihood of developing diabetes by 18 percent.

Of the over 70,000 Nurses’ Health Study participants, 4,529 developed type 2 diabetes during the 18 year period. The women were divided into five groups based on fruit and vegetable intake and fruit juice consumption. They also found that an increase of three servings a day of whole fruit lowered the risk of diabetes by 18 percent while a single additional serving of leafy green vegetables cut the risk by 9 percent. “It was a modest decrease,” Dr.Bazzano told Reuters Health. “This is not going to…prevent it if you have many, many risk factors and you’re overweight…it’s a tool in the prevention strategy.”

Read the full articles:
Reuters Health:Fruit juice tied to modest rise in diabetes risk
ABC News:Fruit Juice, Diabetes May Be Linked in Women

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