SynthesisFrontiers in endocrinology2023
Effect of fruit on glucose control in diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of nineteen randomized controlled trials.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Dietary, Food Security and Diabetes Outcomes Associated with Food Is Medicine Programs among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in the United States: A Rapid Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- Associations of dietary fiber knowledge and intake with glycemic control among Jordanian patients with type two diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.Food & nutrition research · 2026Article
- Effects of Heat Adaptation Behaviors on Resting Heart Rate Response to Summer Temperatures in Older Adults: Wearable Device Panel Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Article
- Glycemic and Insulinemic Index Values of Apple Puree.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Daily Mango Intake Improves Glycemic and Body Composition Outcomes in Adults with Prediabetes: A Randomized Controlled Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence, combination patterns, and quality of life factors of multimorbidity among older adults in southern China based on the health ecological model.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Lifestyle Interventions for Treatment and Remission of Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes in Adults: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Association of low vitamin C concentrations and low consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables with cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
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- Nutrient quality in dietary therapy for diabetes and diabetic kidney disease.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2024Review
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- Disease burden of esophageal cancer attributable to low fruit intake in China and globally from 1990 to 2019.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- The Mediterranean Diet for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Prospective Interventional Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: Diabetes mellitus is a worldwide health problem, and it remains unclarified whether fruit is beneficial in glycemic control. This study aimed to analyze evidence from randomized controlled trials evaluating the effect of fruit consumption on glucose control. Methods: We searched the PubMed, EMBASE, Ovid, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases from the respective database inception dates to December 30, 2022, to identify randomized controlled trials that evaluated the effects of fruit consumption on glucose control. Two researchers independently screened the studies in accordance with the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and performed the literature quality evaluation and data extraction. RevMan 5.4 software was used to perform the data analysis. Results: Nineteen randomized controlled trials with 888 participants were included. Fruit consumption significantly decreased the fasting blood glucose concentration (MD -8.38, 95% CI -12.34 to -4.43), but it showed no significant difference in the glycosylated hemoglobin (MD -0.17, 95% CI -0.51 to 0.17). Subgroup analyses further suggested that the consumption of both fresh and dried fruit decreased the fasting blood glucose concentration. Conclusions: Increasing the fruit intake reduced fasting blood glucose concentration. Therefore, we recommend that patients with diabetes eat more fruits while ensuring that their total energy intake remains unchanged.
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