Swedish scientists have found that eating dairy products loaded with fat may help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Consuming butter, cream, milk or even whole cheese would be good for your health. A diet based on dairy products rich in saturated fatty acids can indeed help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes during his lifetime. This is the astonishing conclusion of a study presented this Tuesday at theEuropean Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) which is currently taking place in Vienna (Austria).
The more dairy products we eat, the lower the risk
To reach this conclusion, Swedish researchers followed 26,930 people aged 45 and 74 for almost fourteen years, two thirds of whom were women. During this period almost 2,860 of them developed type 2 diabetes.Scientists have found that, rather than to increase the risk of diabetes, eat products dairy high in fat could help reduce the risk to develop diabetes.
Thereby, the people who ate eight servings or more per day of dairy products fat had 23% risk in less to be struck by type diabetes 2, compared to those who in consumed only one portion.
To understand, a portion corresponds to 200 grams of milk, 20 grams of whole cheese or 7 grams of butter, is around a tea spoon and a half.
Moreover, thepeople who consumed the most crème fraîche (30 ml or more per day) were 15% less likely to develop diabetes 2 than those who in consumed the less (about 0.3 ml per day)
The Swedish team thinks that fat present in dairy products can play an essential role to metabolize the glucose, and in the control of the sensibility insulin.
The doctor Ulrika Ericson, member of Diabetes Center Lund University in Sweden, main author of the study, said at congresses: “Our results suggest that, unlike animal fats in general, fats specific with dairy products may have a role to play in prevention type diabetes 2. “
However, thiss researchers specify that they have found no causal link Between a food low content fatty dairy products and a risk of develop diabetes type 2.
While specifying that ” meat consumption has been associated at increased risk develop type 2 diabetes, independently of the fat content of this meat. “
Not all saturated fatty acids protect
Finally, these results are reminiscent of those of a study published recently in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. Conducted by researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, it involved more than 12,000 patients with type 2 diabetes from 8 different European countries.
High levels of saturated dairy fatty acid were found especially in women with low body mass index (BMI), and whose diet was high in dairy products, cookies, nuts and seeds, as well as fruits and vegetables. vegetables.
However, these fatty acids were associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. On the other hand, high levels of saturated fatty acids, but which were not of dairy origin, were rather found in men with a high BMI, including the diet was rich in alcohol and potatoes in particular. And this time around, the risk of type 2 diabetes was increased.
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