What you need to know about the Mediterranean diet and diabetes

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The Mediterranean diet includes a high intake of vegetables, legumes, fruits, cereals, fish, and monounsaturated fatty acids such as olive oil, and a low intake of saturated fatty acids, dairy products, and meat.

The previous study shows that eating a Mediterranean diet that is rich in fish, vegetables and olive oil may protect your brain from protein build-up and shrinkage that can lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

Mediterranean diet is not only good for the brain but also good for blood sugar.

This Health & Medicine Lab video talks about one of the best diets for people with diabetes: the Mediterranean diet.

If you care about nutrition, please read studies that the Mediterranean diet may strongly prevent dementia, memory loss, and this diet can lower risk of type 2 diabetes and help manage blood sugar.

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