According to a new report, researchers have found that low-glycemic diet like beans and nuts is significantly better than a high-fiber- whole grain diet, to control the blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes. A total of 210 diabetes patients were randomly divided into two groups and they ate the low-glycemic diet and the high-fiber diet for 6 months respectively.

The results show that the blood sugar level decreased by 0.50% in the low-glycemic diet group and decreased by 0.18% in the high-fiber diet group. The study also found that after six months, the participants on the low-glycemic diet show improvements in cholesterol with increases in HDL, which is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease.

David J A Jenkins, lead author of the report and a professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Toronto, said: “That’s an important issue today, because there’s a double whammy for people who are diabetic.” He added, “If they’re men, they have twice the risk of heart disease, and if they’re women, they have four times the risk. If you can hit the heart disease to which they’re particularly vulnerable, you may have something useful.”