Higher dietary acid load increases risk of diabetes, study says

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 15:01 in Health & Medicine

A study of more than 60,000 women has shown that higher overall acidity of the diet, regardless of the individual foods making up that diet, increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. The study is the first large prospective study to demonstrate these findings.

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