Daily Consumption of Pistachios May Improve Metabolic Risk Profiles in People with Prediabetes

Medscape reported that research published online in Diabetes Care suggests that “daily consumption of pistachios may improve the metabolic risk profiles for people with prediabetes.” Researchers found that “fasting plasma glucose dropped by 5.17 mg/dL from baseline with the pistachio diet in the intent-to-treat analysis, whereas it rose by 6.72 mg/dL after the control diet, resulting in a significant difference between the 2 diets.” Meanwhile, “fasting plasma insulin levels dropped by 2.04 mU/mL from baseline with the pistachio diet and rose by 2.52 mU/mL in the control diet, which was also a significant difference.”