Veggies & diabetes.Yellow-orange and green leafy leaf·y adj. leaf·i·er, leaf·i·est 1. Covered with or having leaves. 2. Consisting of leaves: Spinach is a leafy green vegetable. 3. Similar to or resembling a leaf. vegetables may lower the risk of diabetes in overweight women. Those who averaged one serving of yellow-orange vegetables a day had a 27 percent lower risk of diabetes than those who averaged one serving every two weeks. And those who averaged 1 1/2 servings of green leafy vegetables a day had a 14 percent lower risk than those who averaged one serving a week. The researchers found no link with women who weren't overweight. What to do: Though the study needs to be confirmed, it's one more reason to eat nutrient-packed yellow-orange vegetables like carrots, sweet potatoes sweet potato, trailing perennial plant (Ipomoea batatas) of the family Convolvulaceae (morning glory family), native to the New World tropics. Cultivated from ancient times by the Aztecs for its edible tubers, it was introduced into Europe in the 16th cent. , and yellow squash and green leafy vegetables like spinach spinach, annual plant (Spinacia oleracea) of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), probably of Persian origin and known to have been introduced into Europe in the 15th cent. , kale kale, borecole (bôr`kōl), and collards, common names for nonheading, hardy types of cabbage (var. , and lettuce. Diabetes Care 27: 2993, 2004. |
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