As the costs of healthy foods like fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products climbed, so did blood sugar levels. The reverse was true for unhealthy foods. Falling prices for sugar, saturated fat and total calories were tied to higher blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. Those relationships were strongest for low-income consumers. Most likely, its because people eat less produce and switch to products that are less healthy, said study author Ilya Rahkovsky, an economist with the USDAs Economic Research Service in Washington, D.C.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 23:48:34 +0000
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