DIABETES DIGEST – Nov. 24, 2014 – A analysis of data from three large populations studies with nearly 290,000 participants seems to confirm that consuming yogurt daily was associated with an 18 per cent lower risk of type 2 diabetes. The study was published in the British medical journal, BMC Medicine.
Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health pooled the results of three large cohort studies that followed the medical history and lifestyle habits of health professionals. These studies were the Health Professionals' Follow-up Study (HFPS), which included 51,529 US male dentists, pharmacists, vets, osteopathic physicians and podiatrists, aged from 40 to 75 years; Nurses' Health Study (NHS), which began in 1976,
and followed 121,700 female US nurses aged from 30 to 55 years; and Nurses' Health Study II (NHS II), which followed 116,671 female US nurses aged from 25 to 42 years beginning in the year 1989.
and followed 121,700 female US nurses aged from 30 to 55 years; and Nurses' Health Study II (NHS II), which followed 116,671 female US nurses aged from 25 to 42 years beginning in the year 1989.
Within the three studies 15,156 cases of type 2 diabetes were identified during the follow-up period. The researchers found that the total dairy consumption had no association with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. They then looked at consumption of individual dairy products, such as skimmed milk, cheese, whole milk and yogurt. They found that consumption of one 28g serving of yogurt per day was associated with an 18 per cent lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
The study confirms similar finding of a British study earlier this year that also found that while overall consumption of diary products did not affect type 2 diabetes risk, those who consumed more than 20 ounces of low-fat yogurt a week had a 28 per cent reduced risk of developing diabetes.
The researchers stopped short of saying that yogurt was the cause of lower risk for type 2 diabetes, saying it will take a randomized comparison study to show that, but they did say that, "The consistent findings for yogurt suggest it can be incorporated into a healthy dietary pattern."
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