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Preventing Type 2 Diabetes with home cooking: current evidence and future potential
Polak et al. (2018) say that the prevalence of diabetes is still growing, although there are now several dietary regimes that have been proven to be effective in preventing the disease. This review explored the relationship between home-cooking and diabetes, while also looking at the evidence for using home cooking education programs to increase adherence to healthy and nutritional eating patterns (and thereby reducing incidence of diabetes). Recent reports have linked the consumption of home-cooked food to decreased risk of diabetes. Moreover, interventions that incorporate home cooking have also shown short-term positive effects on adults’ and children’s nutritional intakes, as well as on diabetes prevention. The long-term implications of these interventions need to be diligently investigated through well-designed randomized controlled trials, particularly examining its impact on cooking behavior, dietary intake, diabetes, and healthcare costs. Patient adoption of home cooking may be facilitated by clinicians through the undertaking of lifestyle medicine interventions and the distribution of home cooking content in their medical appointments. [NPID: culinary medicine, diabetes, dietary regimes, diet, home cooking, cooking programs, healthy, nutrition, type 2 diabetes]
Year: 2018
