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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Some intriguing new research shows that dairy foods, perhaps even high-fat ones, may play a role in type 2 diabetes prevention.
Although experts say it’s too soon to draw clear conclusions, the findings seem to run counter to current advice to people with diabetes, who are generally told to pick low- or non-fat dairy products.
Recent studies on how dairy products might lower diabetes risk don't all reach the same verdict. Nor do they agree about exactly which types of dairy and which fat contents are best.
Some studies have found that yogurt has a strong effect on cutting diabetes risk, but not other dairy products.
What's clear is that dairy products benefit more than our bones, says Michael Tunick, PhD. He's a research chemist at the Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20141205/dairy_diabetes_risk
That 30 pints of milk a week I was drinking prior to diagnosis didn't prevent mine! 😉
Although experts say it’s too soon to draw clear conclusions, the findings seem to run counter to current advice to people with diabetes, who are generally told to pick low- or non-fat dairy products.
Recent studies on how dairy products might lower diabetes risk don't all reach the same verdict. Nor do they agree about exactly which types of dairy and which fat contents are best.
Some studies have found that yogurt has a strong effect on cutting diabetes risk, but not other dairy products.
What's clear is that dairy products benefit more than our bones, says Michael Tunick, PhD. He's a research chemist at the Agricultural Research Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20141205/dairy_diabetes_risk
That 30 pints of milk a week I was drinking prior to diagnosis didn't prevent mine! 😉