Hold the fries! How your favorite salty side can increase your risk of type 2 diabetes
Just three weekly servings of popular snack could raise diabetes risk by 20%
- A new study published in The BMJ journal has linked the consumption of French fries to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
- The research found that eating three servings of fries weekly could raise the risk of type 2 diabetes by 20 per cent, while five servings increased it by 27 per cent.
- In contrast, consuming similar amounts of boiled, baked, or mashed potatoes did not show an elevated risk of the condition.
- The study, which analysed health data from over 205,000 US health workers for nearly four decades, documented approximately 22,000 cases of type 2 diabetes.
- Researchers suggested that replacing three weekly servings of potatoes with whole grains could lower the risk of type 2 diabetes by 8 per cent.