Diabetes is on the rise. According to the World Health Organization, 422 million adults have diabetes and 3.7 million deaths are due to diabetes and high blood glucose. That’s 1 person in 11 that have diabetes, globally!1
In a landmark clinical study conducted in Spain, researchers found that pistachio consumption helped people with pre-diabetes improve their condition.2 Before people get type 2 diabetes, they almost always have prediabetes – blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not high enough to be diabetes. Without treatment, 15 to 30 percent of people with prediabetes will get diabetes within 5 years.
2 Hernandez-Alonso, Beneficial effect of pistachio consumption on glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, inflammation, and related metabolic risk markers: a randomized clinical trial. Diabetes Care doi: 10.2337/dc14-1431.
American Pistachio Growers
American Pistachio Growers (APG) is a non-profit trade association representing over 800 grower members in California, Arizona, and New Mexico.