Diet high in omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent type 1 diabetes National Post Thu 27 Sep 2007 A diet rich in fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids helped cut the risk that children with a family history of diabetes would develop the disease, U.S. researchers said Tuesday. "It is a relatively large effect," said Jill Norris, whose study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "It is exciting because it suggests we might be able to develop nutritional interventions to prevent diabetes." Type 1 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes in children, occurring when the immune system goes starts attacking insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Several studies have suggested
that omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish, flaxseed oil, walnuts,
soybeans and other foods, may help. |
