Pistachios may help reduce diabetes risk: study

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Pistachios may help reduce diabetes risk: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pistachios-may-help-reduce-diabetes-risk-study-142955263.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Iiy43Kcec9_mrpPyzLO9tg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-01T142955Z_1_LYNXMPEA80166_RTROPTP_2_IRAN-PISTACHIOS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pistachios are seen after sorting at a processing factory in Rafsanjan" align="left" title="Pistachios are seen after sorting at a processing factory in Rafsanjan" border="0" /></a>By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people who may be headed for type 2 diabetes, regularly eating pistachios might help turn the tide, according to a new trial from Spain. People with so-called prediabetes have blood sugar levels higher than normal but not yet in the diabetes range. If they do nothing, 15 to 30 percent will develop diabetes within five years, according to the U.S. In the new Spanish study, people with prediabetes who ate about two ounces of pistachios daily showed significant drops in blood sugar and insulin levels and improvements in insulin and glucose processing.</p><br clear="all"/>

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