Study suggests more dairy, less diabetes
Diets rich in high-fat dairy products could protect against type 2 diabetes (T2D), researchers say. People who consumed eight or more servings of cream, high-fat fermented milk, yogurt, cheese, or butter had a 23 percent reduction in their risk of developing T2D compared with people who consumed one serving or less. This association did not hold true for low-fat dairy products or fats derived from meat. [EASD, Abstract 62] “The decreased risk at high intakes of high-fat dairy products, but not of low-fat dairy products, indicate that dairy fat may at least partly explain observed protective associations between dairy intake and T2D,” said lead researcher Dr. Ulrika Ericson, of the Lund University Diabetes Center in Malmö, Sweden.
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