A new, extended study has found that eating fresh fruits may reduce the risk of developing diabetes and its complications.

Fresh fruits have well known health benefits. but the experts and some people with diabetes  question whether its high sugar content could pose risks.

An extensive study of the effects was conducted on a very large group/number of people for an average of seven years ,controlling for smoking,alcohol intake, blood pressure and other factors.

Among those without diabetes at the start, eating fresh fruits daily was associated with lower risk of developing the disease compared with those who had none. The more frequently  they ate fruit,the lower  the risk!

In people who were already diabetic, those who ate fruit three times a week had a lower risk of all -cause mortality  and  a lower risk for diabetic complications like heart  and kidney disease than those who did not eat fruit.

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