Mediterranean diet may cut diabetes risk

Older people avoid ailment by consuming more vegetables

NEW YORK - A traditional Mediterranean diet heavy in olive oil and vegetables may help older people lower their risk of adult onset diabetes - even without counting calories or shedding weight.

Spanish researchers studying more than 400 adults found that those following the traditional diet were less likely to develop diabetes over four years than those instructed to follow a low-fat diet, according to findings published in the journal Diabetes Care.