date:Feb 07, 2014
vegetables, she said.
This is one of the first large-scale human studies to look at how these powerful bioactive compounds might reduce the risk of diabetes, Professor Cassidy said. Laboratory studies have shown these types of foods might modulate blood glucose regulation affecting the risk of type 2 diabetes, she said.
But until now little has been known about how habitual intakes might affect insulin resistance, blood glucose regulation and inflammation in humans, Professor Cassidy said.