Dark chocolate, type 2 diabetes

Dark chocolate linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes, study says
A small quantity of dark chocolate was better than milk chocolate for insulin control and type 2 diabetes prevention, according to a new study.
Milk chocolate or dark? The answer could affect your risk of diabetes.
A large new study suggests there might be good reason to indulge in chocolate this holiday season: It found that people who regularly ate chocolate had a lower likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Could Dark Chocolate Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes?
If you’ve long assumed that you must deprive yourself of delicious foods in order to be healthy, a new study published today in The BMJ offers encouraging news: Eating dark chocolate has been associated with a reduced risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
New Study Teases Out Chocolate and Diabetes Connection
Though flavonoids may confer antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and vasodilatory benefits, the relationship between chocolate consumption and diabetes remains "controversial," the authors wrote, due to observational studies with inconsistent findings, and a lack of inquiry into health effects by chocolate subtype.
Dark chocolate consumption associated with lower type 2 diabetes risk
Consuming dark, but not milk, chocolate may be associated with lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Eating dark chocolate five times a week could lower diabetes risk
Eating a few pieces of dark chocolate five times a week while avoiding milk chocolate has been linked to a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. The connection between chocolate consumption and type 2 diabetes risk is “controversial”,
Eating dark chocolate could reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes
Eating dark chocolate has been. Although consumption of milk chocolate has not been associated with risk reduction, physicians said Wednesday that people who ate at least five sweet servings of any chocolate each week saw their risk lowered by 10 percent compared to people who rarely or never ate chocolate.
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