Year Published: 2011
Journal
Diabetes Care
Authors
Jia-Yi Dong, BSC, Pengcheng Xun, MD, PHD, Ka He, MD, SCD, and Li-Qiang Qin, MD, PHD
Methods
In this paper, researchers examined 13 studies involving 536,318 participants and 24,516 cases of type 2 diabetes. The aim was to investigate the relationship between magnesium intake and risk of type 2 diabetes. Peanuts are a good source of magnesium.
Key Findings
The meta-analysis showed that magnesium intake was inversely associated with type 2 dibetes risk.