The research, from scientists at Imperial College London, the John Innes Centre, Quadram Institute Bioscience and University of Glasgow, suggests incorporating the peas into foods, in the form of whole pea seeds or flour, may help tackle the global type 2 diabetes epidemic.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability in the population and the most common complication of type 2 diabetes.1 Compared to people without diabetes, those with type 2 diabetes are 2.0 to 2.5 times more likely to have a cardiovascular complication.2

The technique is called an endoscopic therapeutic procedure and involves putting a small balloon filled with hot water down the throat.

Phaedra Perry, from Ilminster, is no stranger to running - having completed a variety of events including both the Bath Half and, impressively, the Langport triathlon when pregnant with her daughter in 2014.

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