It has triple sugar from a common cereal bar, but this delicious fruit can help lower blood sugar levels in pre-diabetics and develop lean muscle mass.
In a new study, the daily mango eating habit has produced unexpected results in people with pre-diabetes.
Although this tasty tropical fruit contained more natural sugar than a cereal bar, it actually lowered blood sugar levels while increasing lean body mass over six months.
These counter-intrusion discoveries, challenge the conventional wisdom that people at risk of diabetes should avoid sweet fruits, resulted from a study conducted at the state university of Florida and led by Beloved Believedresearcher at George Mason University.
O, whose results were presented in an article recently published in the magazine Foodsaccompanied 23 adults with pre-diabetes, divided into two groups, who ate daily 300 grams of fresh manga or a bar of cereal with equivalent calories for 24 weeks.
At the end of the study, the Mango Group had a much lower fasting glucose compared to those who ate cereal bars.
Although the sleeves contained a Daily dose of about 32 grams Of natural fruit sugars, against only 11 grams of sugars added in the processed bars, those who ate mango become their long -term blood sugar marker (HBA1C) remain stable. HBA1C levels of the cereal bars group increased significantly During the same period.
Interestingly, the sleeve group not only avoid the deterioration of blood sugar, but also Increased fat free mass and lost body fat.
Participants recorded an almost significant decrease in the percentage of body fat and a Notable increase in fat -free masswhich includes muscle, bone and organs.
O Control group showed increases in the body mass index and in the waist-and-year relationship, although not all changes have achieved statistical significance.
These changes in body composition may be important to the risk of long -term diabetes, Note or.
Previous studies have consistently showed that a higher fat -free mass Protect against type 2 diabetesby improving insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism. People with higher relative muscle mass have lower insulin resistance and reduced risk of pre-diabetes in wide-extended population studies.
The tendency to widen the waist in the group of cereal bars mirrors the trajectory that typically leads from pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes In the middle of the study authors emphasize.
