Thursday 22 September 2011

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ACCORDING to a study from Cambridge, increased plasma levels of vitamin C may reduce the risk of developing diabetes by as much as 62 per cent.

The new study was done on 21 831 men and women aged 40-75 years over a period of 12 years.

The study showed a strong, inverse relationship between plas- ma vitamin C level and the risk of developing diabetes.

Correlating blood levels of vitamin C and diabetes, the researchers found that men and women with the highest blood levels (at least 1.10 and 1.29 mg/dL, respectively) had a 62 per cent reduction in their risk of developing type-2 diabetes.

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