Diabetes mellitus is a deadly disease can strike all ages from young to old. Various studies to find out the reduction of disease risk has also been done. According to a recent study, men can reduce the risk of diabetes by eating lots of fish.
The study, based at the Centre for Global Health and the National Tokyo Medical studying the eating habits of about 50,000 men and women aged 45 to 75 years during a period of 5 years. The researchers divided the test subjects into four groups according to their daily consumption of these marine products.
Average fish consumption in the top group is 172 grams per day, equivalent to 2 saury fish. The results showed that the risk of diabetes approximately 27 percent lower for men in this group were compared with those who consumed the least amount of fish.
Risk in men is diminished when they feed on small and medium-sized fish such as mackerel, sardines and saury. Researchers say the unsaturated fatty acids, such as EPA and DHA, and vitamin D in fish probably lower blood sugar levels, which also lowers the risk of diabetes.
However, no difference in risk was found among women who participated were surveyed. According to the researchers, fish contain substances that are soluble in fat and preventing metabolism of glucose. There was no difference in women was probably because most women have a higher proportion of body fat mass.
