Beyond the “Best Vegetable”: A Practical Eating Strategy for Prediabetes

If I have prediabetes, should I prioritize particular vegetables or focus on my overall eating pattern?

Viewers will learn how to prioritize vegetables within a practical prediabetes eating pattern without treating any single food as a diagnosis or cure.

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Quick answer

For prediabetes, choosing a sustainable, fiber-rich eating pattern matters more than identifying one supposedly superior vegetable.

This guide answers

  • For prediabetes, choosing a sustainable, fiber-rich eating pattern matters more than identifying one supposedly superior vegetable.

References

  1. NIDDK — Diet eating physical activity — niddk.nih.gov
  2. CDC — Diabetes: Healthy eating — cdc.gov
  3. NICE — Guidance: PH38 — nice.org.uk
  4. dietaryguidelines.gov — dietaryguidelines.gov
  5. Eating Behavior Traits and Success in Dietary Changes in Men with Prediabetes - the T2D-GENE Intervention. — Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education

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