‘More fruit but less juices to tackle diabetes’

The growing type-2 diabetes “epidemic” could be avoided if people commit to eating more fruit in their diet — provided they cut back on fruit juices.

The seemingly contradictory claim has been made in new worldwide research on the impact a person’s diet has on the condition.

According to the British Medical Journal study — based on in-depth findings from the US, Britain, and Asia between 1986 and 2009 — people who either have a lifestyle or genetic risk of type 2 diabetes should ensure they include more fruit in their diet.