Common legumes are: lentils, soybeans, peanut, beans, alfalfa, clover, mesquite, carob and tamarind. Lentil is the best legumes in lowering risk of type 2 diabetes.
Legumes contain calcium, magnesium, and potassium. Bioactive compounds in legumes improve metabolism and lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
Researchers from Unit of Human Nutrition at the Universitat Roviva I Virgili Spain analyzed the effects of exchanging legumes with other foods.
The researchers examined 3,349 people who did not have type 2 diabetes, and monitored them for four years and discovered that those with higher intake of legumes were 35 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than their counterparts that consumed less.
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