I ke aʻo ʻana i ka makaʻu o ka maʻi ʻaʻai diabetes, ʻelua mau kauka o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i loaʻa kahi ʻike i moe ʻole i kēia wahi. Ua ʻike lākou he papaʻai like ʻole ke kumu o ka momona. Ma muli o ia mea, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kaumaha ma mua o ka hana ʻole e pili ana i kahi nohona noho. Ua hoʻoponopono ʻia ka hihia i hoʻokahi manawa e nā hui olakino ʻelua - mai ke Kulanui o Texas a me ke Kulanui o Tufts.
Ua hōʻike lākou i kā lākou hōʻike ma PLOS ONE magazine. Ma muli o ia mea ua mālama ʻia ka noiʻi mai 2000 a uhi ʻia 6,8 tausani mau mea hana i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi meaʻai ʻē aʻe. Aia ka papa kuhikuhi o kekahi i nā ʻano huahana like ʻole, a ʻo ka ʻai o nā mea ʻē aʻe he papa inoa kikoʻī o nā meaʻai. No nā makahiki he ʻumikūmālima, mālama ka poʻe komo i ka ʻai. A laila hōʻuluʻulu ka poʻe ʻepekema. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka nui o nā kīʻaha like ʻole ma ka papa kuhikuhi o nā kānaka, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā paona hou. ʻO ia pilina, e like me ka poʻe ʻepekema, hiki ke wehewehe. Hoʻopilikia ka metabolism kanaka i nā meaʻai like ʻole… Hōʻike ʻia kēia i nā loli i ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kō glucose a me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kaʻe koko.
Hoʻonui ʻia ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke olakino e kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā paona ʻē aʻe i waiho ʻia ma ka ʻāina peritoneal. ʻOiai i ka hihia i ka wā o nā huahana like ʻole, me ka ʻole o ka ʻokoʻa, pili i ka ʻāpana o ka mea nui no ke olakino kanaka. Ma ka pili ʻana i ka ʻikepili i loaʻa, koi ʻia nā ʻepekema e hōʻemi i ka nui o nā kīʻaha like ʻole, me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka papa ʻaina i nā mea ʻono i ke olakino kanaka ma mua o kahi nohona sedentary.