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Starchy Foods Increase Diabetes Risk

But adding whole grains to the diet improves the odds

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 27, 2007 3:05 AM CST

(Newser) – African-American and Chinese women whose diets are high in starchy foods like white rice are at bigger risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, researchers have discovered. The good news is that eating whole-grain foods can help reduce the risk, according to two studies in the...   Read full story »

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