Fat cheese and milk, "protect from diabetes"

This was revealed by a study on a sample of 23,000 people. Presented in Vienna at the annual meeting of the European Association for the study of disease. But for the experts who are overweight should avoid high fat dairy products.

Who consumed eight or more servings of high fat dairy products, and whole, has a lower risk of 23 per cent of developing type 2 diabetes than those who consume only one serving per day. These are the results of a Swedish study presented in Vienna, during the fiftieth Congress EASD, European Association for the Study of Diabetes, which brings together until Friday, more than eight thousand specialists from all over the world. 

The result may seem surprising, but it is up to a certain point. It is not the first time - in fact - it shows an inverse correlation between consumption of milk, yogurt and dairy products and weight gain or abdominal obesity, particularly in obese and overweight people. Even Epic, a large prospective study European and recently, he suggested this inverse relationship between consumption of cheese and fermented products such as yogurt, but not proved. A possible explanation is that fat may have an effect on glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity and therefore play an important role in the development of type 2 diabetes. 

Most at risk those who eat red meat. According to other studies - then - replace saturated fats (animal) with monounsaturated fats (olive oil, and generally vegetable oils) and polyunsaturated fats (in fish, milk and some seeds) may have a beneficial effect in the prevention of diabetes. While high intakes of red meat and meat products have been shown to increase the risk of getting sick. The study conducted by Ulrika Ericson, downtown diabetes Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, involved 26,930 people, 60 per cent of women between 45 and 74 years, considering not only the total fat in the diet but also type, and their association with diabetes risk. And being able to draw a model adjusted for age, sex, BMI, energy intake, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption. The result: that 20 percent of people with high consumption (rather high because the portion considered in the study is 200 grams for milk and yogurt, and even came to eight servings per day) also fat products had a lower risk of precisely 23 percent of getting diabetes 2. With differences also related to the type of product: the cream, for example, consumed in 30 ml per day or even more reduced the risk by 15 percent, while the yogurt integer of 20 percent (at least 180 ml per day). Curiously, the study found no association between consumption of light products and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, while all meat and meat products, regardless of the fat content, increase the risk of diabetes, and even the leanest of the increase most (24 percent versus 9 of the meat more succulent). 

Experts: "Caution for those who are overweight." Be careful, though, suggests the same Ericson. "It is true that our study suggests that fat dairy products, at least in part, show a protective effect on diabetes, while this does not apply to meat. But it is equally true that it is the total diet that is important and not you can advise dairy products high in fat even in people who are overweight because they still have a high energy density. Additionally All foods, including dairy products with low and high fat content, components may simultaneously have more or less beneficial and we must not focus their attention only on saturated fats.'s why the results of our study should be interpreted with caution. "

"Push the consumption of a single food is risky." As with all observational studies that relate to food in fact - noted Andrea Ghiselli, director of research of the Cra-Nut, the research center of food and nutrition - it is difficult to find an association with a specific effect on health. It is one thing to give a pill of vitamin C is more to give an orange, which contains different components, in addition to vitamin C. I enjoyed to associate the trend of consumption of mineral water and the trend of obesity and is coming off a perfect correlation : that means that people who drink water becomes obese? Draw conclusions and push the consumption of a single food is risky even though several studies confirming the health benefits of milk and dairy products. The milk fat, for example, contain CLA (conjugated linolenic acid) that promotes the acquisition of lean body mass, so that the CLA supplements are sold as aids in weight loss. Or it may be that those who consume whole products makes it more carefully and then sparingly, compared to products considered light that maybe are expected to be consumed ad libitum. Also fats contribute to satiety. In conclusion, in a varied diet and modest life as portions must get into everything and no food should be banned. "