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by gitfan86 472 days ago
Regardless of how valid the study is, it is most likely useless.

These kinds of studies have been done for decades and type 2 diabetes rates have only gone up.

There has been clear evidence for decades that obesity and high carb diets increase risk of diabetes. Comparing tea to coffee or Skittles to m&Ms is a useless research project as far as diabetes goes. Because it is extremely unlikely that someone will discover that the cure for diabetes was a small change in lifestyle like that.