If you are looking for an easy way to lower your risk of developing type-2 diabetes, then a new study may have the answer.
All you have to do is eat a handful of nuts every day...
The reason? It's all down to a key component found within them: omega-6 fatty acids.
Yep, researchers from the The George Institute for Global Health in Australia now believe that a diet rich in omega-6 could help reduce your risk of developing diabetes by roughly a third (35%), Mail Online reports.
To conclude this, the team analysed the results of 20 studies from 10 countries, all of which had explored the link between omega-6 and type 2 diabetes.
During each of the studies, participants' blood was measured for linoleic acid, a marker of omega-6.
The team found that people with the highest levels of linoleic acid were 35% less likely to go on to develop type 2 diabetes, prompting the team to conclude that consuming more omega-6 could help reduce your risk.
Omega-6 is found in vegetable oils, such as sunflower and rapeseed oil, as well as in some nuts, including walnuts.
Lead author Dr Jason Wu said in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: 'Our findings suggest that a simple change in diet might protect people from developing type 2 diabetes which has reached alarming levels around the world.'
'Those [participants] who had the highest levels of blood omega-6 markers had a much lower chance of developing type 2 diabetes.'
If you are concerned about your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, speak to your GP.
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