Mediterranean Diet Plus Exercise Cuts Diabetes Risk by 31%

A Mediterranean diet, combined with calorie reduction and exercise, reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 31%. In a study of older adults, those who followed this lifestyle lost an average of 3.5 kilograms of body weight

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