🌬️ Healthy Air May Help Prevent Diabetes

Julia Musto writing at The Independent: Using air purifiers for a month helped cut levels of harmful air pollution tied to spikes in blood sugar and developing diabetes by 36 percent, according to the study presented last month at a conference of the American Heart Association. The study involved 75 New Yorkers with prediabetes, a condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal. It found those who slept in rooms with the machines saw an 8 percent drop in daily blood sugar spikes. A similar drop was also seen among those in the study who ate breakfast. The cleaner we can make our air, the better. And who doesn't love a good breakfast?

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