A balanced diet emphasizing unsaturated fat from foods like avocado, nuts and olive oil for holiday meals helps the body maintain healthy levels of insulin,
Swapping out white bread and pasta carbohydrates for unsaturated fat from foods like avocados, olive oil, and nuts helps the body avoid insulin levels that could be triggers for diabetes and, eventually, heart disease, the study found.
The preferred diet is very similar to the Mediterranean diet, inspired by the foods of southern Italy and Greece and emphasizing healthy fats, fruits and vegetables
Meghana Gadgil, a postdoctoral fellow in general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins University
