* The results from a large study (25,067 patients under observation for diabetes risk) and a meta-analysis (9 studies) have shown that an increased intake of cereal fibre and magnesium may reduce the risk of adult-onset diabetes.
* Higher cereal fibre intake (but not fruit or vegetable fibre) was linked with low diabetes risk in both the large study and the meta-analysis.
* Magnesium intake did not affect diabetes risk in the large study but the meta-analysis showed high levels were associated with low risk.
Shaun’s comment: In our second meta-analysis of this issue of Natural Health Review, the question was whether higher intakes of fibre or magnesium in the diet can reduce the chance of developing adult-onset (type 2) diabetes. By adding up the data from the studies in the medical literature that had looked at this question, the researchers had access to the data equivalent to almost 200,000 person-years. The results from this data indicated that higher dietary intake of cereal fibre and magnesium may reduce the risk of developing diabetes.
Study reference:
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/167/9/956
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