Start them off well and they may avoid it all together!  Salads, spinach, kale, chard, beet greens, collard greens…

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GENERAL INTEREST:  GREEN, LEAFY VEGGIES MAY LOWER DIABETES RISK

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Eating more leafy greens may stem diabetes risk  

The Guardian
Eating more spinach and other green leafy vegetables may trim the risk of type 2 diabetes by up to 14 percent, reports a new review of the research.

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Green leafy vegetables cut diabetes mellitus (type 2) risk

Food Consumer

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Leafy veg ‘may cut diabetes risk’

BBC News
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