Eating cheese, apples and yoghurt and drinking tea or coffee slashes risk of diabetes

Cheese, yoghurt, apples and regular cuppas cut the risk of diabetes, experts have claimed.

As The Sun reports, it is the first time scientists have named foods, not just nutrients, that affect chances of getting diabetes.

Others that cut the risk are wholegrains such as brown rice, grapes, blueberries, leafy green veg and low-fat dairy products.

Oxford University’s Dr Pamela Dyson, who co-wrote the Diabetes UK guidelines, said: “It’s a far easier message when talking about foods.

“Food is what we eat. We don’t eat ‘nutrients’.”

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But red meat, such as steak, and spuds — especially chips — raise  diabetes risk, her tips say.

Other no-nos are sugary drinks, refined carbs such as white bread and pizza, and processed meats like bangers and bacon.

The advice is based on evidence from around 500 studies.

However, co-author Dr Duane Mellor, of Coventry University, said: “There isn’t one diet to solve the problem.”

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