According to two new trials, including participants from India, snacking on almonds before meals improved blood sugar control in overweight and obese persons with pre-diabetes. The results of the first trial, which lasted three days, were published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, while the results of the second study, which lasted three months, were published in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN.
The researchers found that three-month almond intervention reversed pre-diabetes, or glucose intolerance, to normal blood sugar levels in nearly one quarter (23.3 per cent) of the people studied.
They found better glucose control over time through dietary strategies like including almonds could help stave off diabetes progression, the researchers said.
According to Anoop Misra, Professor and Chairman of the Fortis-C-DOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders, and Endocrinology in New Delhi and study's primary author, almonds may be a major differentiator in helping regulate blood glucose levels as part of a dietary approach.
