Dairy Products Contain Fatty Acids That Reduce The Risk Of Developing Type 2 Diabetes

Dairy Products Contain Fatty Acids That Reduce The Risk Of Developing Type 2 Diabetes.
New fact-finding suggests that whole-fat dairy products - on the whole shunned by robustness experts - contain a fatty acid that may mark down the risk of type 2 diabetes. The fatty acid is called trans-palmitoleic acid, according to the examination in the Dec 21, 2010 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, and multitude with the highest blood levels of this fatty acid reduce their odds of diabetes by 62 percent compared to those with the lowest blood levels of it. In addition, "people who had higher levels of this fatty acid had better cholesterol and triglyceride levels, humble insulin recalcitrance and lower levels of fervid markers," said study author Dr Dariush Mozaffarian, co-director of the program in cardiovascular epidemiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health.

Circulating palmitoleic acid is found plainly in the kindly body. It's also found in small quantities in dairy foods. When it's found in sources foreign the human body, it's referred to as trans-palmitoleic acid. Whole withdraw has more trans-palmitoleic acid than 2 percent milk, and 2 percent milk has more of this fatty acid than does skate milk. "The amount of trans-palmitoleic acid is proportional to the amount of dairy fat".

Animal studies of the easily occurring palmitoleic acid have previously shown that it can protect against insulin defiance and diabetes, said Mozaffarian. In humans, research has suggested that greater dairy consumption is associated with a debase diabetes risk. However, the reason for this association hasn't been clear.

To assess whether this overlooked and rather rare fatty acid might contribute to dairy's apparent protective effect, the researchers reviewed details from over 3700 adults enrolled in the Cardiovascular Health Study. All of the participants were over 65 and lived in one of four states: California, Maryland, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Blood samples were analyzed for the attendance of trans-palmitoleic acid, as well as cholesterol, triglycerides, C-reactive protein and glucose levels. Participants also provided poop on their usual diets.

People with higher levels of trans-palmitoleic acid had marginally less oleaginous on their bodies, according to the study. They also had higher "good" cholesterol levels and lower overall cholesterol levels. They had discount levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation. And they showed trace of lower levels of insulin resistance, according to the study.

Most significantly, however, those with higher trans-palmitoleic acid levels had downgrade odds of developing type 2 diabetes. Those with the highest levels of trans-palmitoleic acid reduced their lead of type 2 diabetes by nearly two-thirds. Mozaffarian said it's profound to know exactly how many servings of dairy it would take to get to the highest levels of trans-palmitoleic acid, but said it was reasonable three to five servings a day, depending on the type of dairy consumed.

However it's too soon to vote any dietary recommendations based on the results of just this finding. "This survey confirms that something about dairy is linked very strongly to a lower risk of diabetes, but no single library should be enough to change guidelines," he said, adding that he hopes this study will spur more research.

Dr Sue Kirkman, elder vice president of medical affairs and community information for the American Diabetes Association, agreed that it's too soon to transformation dietary guidelines, but said the findings do suggest "that things may be more involved than we might simplistically think. It looks like we can't say all trans-fats are bad, as this one was associated with decreases in diabetes, insulin stubbornness and C-reactive protein levels".

Dr Joel Zonszein, manager of the Clinical Diabetes Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, concurred, noting, "this was a very nice, and very robust, association. Maybe healthy milk isn't so bad, but I don't deem there's enough evidence to show that we should start drinking whole milk. We exigency to understand the mechanism behind this association fav-store.net. Dietary changes in this country tend to be to extremes, but this learn should not be used to make changes in the diet; it's just an observation right now".