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Some, but not all, epidemiological studies have shown that higher consumption of whole fruits is associated with lower risk for type 2 diabetes. These mixed results could be caused by different effects of different fruits. In this review of data from three prospective longitudinal cohort studies, investigators determined whether consuming specific whole fruits was associated differentially with risk for type 2 diabetes. Participants were 150,000 women and 36,000 men without chronic disease at baseline; during 3.5 million person-years of follow-up, 12,000 participants developed type 2 diabetes.
Adjusted for personal, lifestyle, and dietary factors, the pooled hazard ratios for developing type 2 diabetes for every 3 servings of fruit consumed …