Can diabetics have chocolate – a new study has discovered the unexpected benefits of dark chocolate – UNIAN

Eating dark chocolate is associated with a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes, while milk chocolate had no such effect, according to new data. The New York Times writes about this with reference to a new study published in BMJ.

What did the study find?

In the mid-1980s and early 1990s, researchers began studying three groups of predominantly white health care workers. Every four years, more than 190,000 participants completed detailed dietary questionnaires asking how often they consumed chocolate. Beginning in 2006 and 2007, depending on the group, the researchers modified the questionnaires to ask how…