In an October 2024 study by The University of Texas at Austin it was said,
“There are a lot of ways to look at and measure healthy eating,”
“We set out to see which measurement was associated with blood sugar control in people with Type 2 diabetes. We found that the more ultra-processed foods by weight in a person’s diet, the worse their blood sugar control was, and the more minimally processed or unprocessed foods in a person’s diet, the better their control was.”
Eureka writes,
“For participants of the study who were not on insulin therapy, a diet with 10% more of its overall grams of food being ultra-processed was associated with HbA1C levels that were, on average, 0.28 percentage points higher. Conversely, those whose diet contained a 10% higher amount of overall food being minimally processed or unprocessed had HbA1C levels, on average, 0.30 percentage points lower. Having an HbA1C below 7 is considered ideal for people with Type 2 diabetes, and people who consumed, on average, 18% or fewer of their grams of food from ultra-processed foods were more likely to meet this mark.”