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    Healthy Fats Can Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

    A diet rich in nuts, seeds, fish and vegetable oils could lower blood sugar levels, researchers say

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    Type 2 Diabetes: The Basics

    Diabetes is a life-long disease that affects the way your body handles glucose, a kind of sugar, in your blood.

    Most people with the condition have type 2. There are about 27 million people in the U.S. with it. Another 86 million have prediabetes: Their blood glucose is not normal, but not high enough to be diabetes yet.

    Type 2 Diabetes: The Basics

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