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Aug 20 '10

Prevent Diabetes, Eat Your Leafy Greens!

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Spinach may do more than build Popeye-like muscles: Eating green leafy vegetables could reduce your risk of developing diabetes, new research suggests. Roughly 4 ounces per day of broccoli, kale, spinach, sprouts, or cabbage appears to cut type 2 diabetes risk by 14 percent, according to researchers who analyzed data from six previous studies involving more than 22,000 participants. The

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