date:Feb 28, 2013
between walnut intake and incident type 2 diabetes in two large cohort studies: the Nurses Health Study (NHS) and NHS II. They followed 58,063 women aged 52 to 77 years in NHS (1998-2008) and 79,893 women aged 35 to 52 years in NHS II (1999-2009) without diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer at baseline.
Consumption of walnuts and other nuts was assessed every four years using validated food frequency questionnaires. Self-reported type 2 diabetes was confirmed by a validated supplemental