And replacing those three French fry orders with whole grains — for example, whole grain pastas or bread — cut the odds of type 2 diabetes by up to 19%, the Harvard team found. Even subbing refined (not whole) grains for French fries helped lower diabetes risk.

Eating French fries several times a week could do more than add extra calories. New research suggests it may also raise the odds of developing type 2 diabetes. A long-term analysis of more than 200,000 US health professionals has found that people who regularly ate French fries faced a markedly