Were They Wrong About Whole-Fat Dairy? Study: May Lower Diabetes Risk
Posted On January 8, 2011
The short answer is … yes.
And I’m going to talk about how this little research finding relates to our Culture of Health.
Why were we so confused for so long about so much? Because we rely on a source of knowledge that is inherently unstable: research science.
Knowledge that’s embedded in the history, culture, and traditions of a people are much less likely to shift with the wind. The Mediterranean dietary habits have always included normal dairy. They didn’t have to undergo a clinical trial to figure out what this study had to do.
What they found
The incidence of type 2 diabetes declined significantly, linked to the consumption of whole-fat dairy. This, according to data from a large cohort study.
Adults with the highest levels of this fatty acid had a 60% lower diabetes incidence compared with individuals who had the lowest levels. And this was associated with a more favorable metabolic profile, investigators reported in the Dec. 21 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
Multivariate analyses of demographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors showed that whole-fat dairy consumption had the strongest association with levels of trans-palmitoleate. However, the authors remained circumspect about the association.
Medical News: Whole-Fat Milk and Cheese May Lower Diabetes Risk – in Endocrinology, Diabetes from MedPage Today
For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website.
Adults with the highest levels of this fatty acid had a 60% lower diabetes incidence compared with individuals who had the lowest levels. And this was associated with a more favorable metabolic profile, investigators reported in the Dec. 21 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
Multivariate analyses of demographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors showed that whole-fat dairy consumption had the strongest association with levels of trans-palmitoleate. However, the authors remained circumspect about the association.
Medical News: Whole-Fat Milk and Cheese May Lower Diabetes Risk – in Endocrinology, Diabetes from MedPage Today
For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website. (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)
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