What it means for you: Studies show that people who follow this approach to eating generally weigh less and have lower rates of hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer.

研究表明，遵照此计划进食的人们体重逐渐减轻，得高血压、心脏病、糖尿病、前列腺癌和结肠癌的机率也随之下降。

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To do this, they followed for 20 years more than 6000 women with type 2 diabetes, by analyzing their eating habits.

为了完成这项调查，他们追踪了6000多名患有2型糖尿病患者达20年，通过分析他们的饮食习惯得出结论。

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Healthy eating can help prevent or delay diabetes, a major risk factor for heart trouble.

健康的饮食可以预防或延缓糖尿病(引发心脏问题的主要元凶)的发生。

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And if we require that only healthy foods or the healthier type of foods be purchased, then we will have cost savings on the other side, which is Medicaid and Medicare, where many of the same people are receiving benefits there for diabetes and high cholesterol and all of these things that come from eating unhealthily.

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