CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Now to some interesting news about your health. Researchers have found that peanut butter and nuts can help prevent diabetes. Here's Elizabeth Cohen our medical correspondent.</s>ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: A new study from Harvard shows that women who eat peanut butter or nuts five days out of the week have a 20 percent decreased risk of getting Type 2 diabetes. That's the type of diabetes that you get as an adult. Now the reason for this they think could possibly be that peanut butter and nuts have a lot of fiber and magnesium and that helps balance out glucose and insulin levels. But the trick is the women in this study did not eat a lot of peanut butter or nuts, they ate very small quantities. You can take a look. They had one tablespoon a day, five days a week or a handful of nuts. That's about these amounts. That's very small. And you might think well, well maybe more would be better. But the answer is no it wouldn't. Peanut butter and nuts are high in calories. If you eat too many of them, you would then get fat, and being overweight puts you at a higher risk for getting diabetes. Back to you.</s>CALLAWAY: That's Elizabeth Cohen. Thank you. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Peanut Butter and Nuts May Ward Off Diabetes in Women