Fend Off Diabetes at the Supermarket
Once a rarity, type 2 diabetes is becoming commonplace in America. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says more than 29 million people have diabetes and another 86 million have prediabetes (blood sugar levels high enough to indicate a risk of developing the disease in the near future). Chilling numbers, yes, but these statistics can be tackled with a fork and knife. Modern research shows that a shopping cart full of these foods can help in the battle against diabetes: