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Can eating 2 cans of sardines a week prevent this disease?
Type 2 diabetes is a relatively common chronic disease that bothers many Israelis.
Now investigators have found that there is a way to stop her, and she goes through a box of sardines.
Actually two boxes.
How exactly does it work?
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Friday, 04 June 2021, 07:00 Updated: 07:02
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When we talk about particularly tasty and healthy fish, we talk a lot about tuna and salmon, but sardines also have enormous benefits.
A new study has found that eating just two cans of sardines a week can help prevent type 2 diabetes. In fact, scientists claim that consuming fatty fish is more effective than simply taking the same nutrients they provide in the form of vitamins or pills.
The health benefits of eating oily fish are well known.
This is because they contain large amounts of nutrients like taurine, omega 3, calcium and vitamin D. A high level of unsaturated fat also helps balance cholesterol levels and prevent heart disease.
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Now, researchers from the University of Catalonia in Spain claim that sardines offer another excellent (and inexpensive) health benefit.
"Not only are sardines an inexpensive food and easy to find, but they are safe and helpful in preventing type 2 diabetes," says research author Diana Rizolo, a professor and researcher at the University's Faculty of Health Sciences.
"A huge scientific discovery."
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The study, published in the journal Clinical Nutrition, followed 152 patients diagnosed with pre-diabetes, meaning blood sugar levels ranged from 100 to 124 milligrams of glucose per deciliter of blood.
All participants were then put on a diet aimed at reducing the risk of developing the disease.
But some also received two cans of sardines in olive oil (200 grams) weekly.
They were advised to eat the small fish whole, without removing the bones, as these are particularly rich in calcium and vitamin D. The
number of people at high risk for diabetes who did not receive sardines weekly dropped from 27 percent to 22 percent during the year.
But high-risk patients who followed the diet to which the fish were added, dropped from 37 percent to eight percent in the same period of time, the researchers found.
Eating the fatty fish also had other health benefits, including increasing insulin resistance and increasing good cholesterol which helps among other things in lowering blood pressure.
Delicious, simple and accessible.
Sardines at a Greek meal (Photo: Walla !, Meitar Schleider Putschnik)
"As we get older, calorie-restricted diets or food groups can help prevent the onset of diabetes," Rizolo said. "However, the cost-benefit ratio is not always positive, as we have found in other studies. It is no less significant among the young population. "
Rizolo stressed that while sardines may help protect against diabetes, supplements with the same nutrients will not have the same effect. "Nutrients can play a vital role in the prevention and treatment of many different pathologies, but their effect is usually caused by the synergy that exists between them and the food in which they are included," she added. "Sardines have a kind of protective component because they are rich in the above nutrients, whereas nutrients taken in isolation in the form of supplements will not work as well."
Researchers are now interested in examining the effect of eating sardines on gut bacteria.
"Because they affect the regulation of many biological processes, we need to understand whether they played a part in this protective effect against diabetes 2," says Rizolo.
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