type 2 diabetes

Frequent intake of orange juice may put a woman at an increased risk of developing type two diabetes, a serious and debilitating disease that becomes progressively more common with age and obesity, the researchers from Harvard Medical School in the U.S. suggest.

Drinking orange juice so far is deemed healthy since it is an excellent source of vitamin C, but a new study published in the journal Diabetes Care revealed that regular consumption of orange juice can amplify the risk of getting type-2 diabetes in women.

The latest findings suggest that the orange juice can raise the body blood sugar due to the absence of any fiber in it. Only sugar, and no fiber, in orange juice gets absorbed very rapidly through the stomach, causing a surge in blood sugar levels, thus increases the risk of contracting diabetes by more than 18 percent.

On the other hand, eating three portions of fruit a day instead of juice actually cuts down the risk of diabetes. The consumption of whole fruit slows down this rapid absorption as the fibers take longer for the stomach to digest.