Saturated fats aren’t equal, certainly when it comes to developing type 2 diabetes. While fats in red meat, fried food, alcohol and carbohydrates seem to influence the start of the disease, those in dairy have a protective effect, new research suggests.
Dairy products such as milk, cheese and yoghurt appear to help prevent type 2 diabetes, the ‘lifestyle’ form of the disease, say researchers from Cambridge University.
However, they’re not entirely sure if dairy has a direct protective effect or whether they are consumed as part of a healthier diet.
If it’s because of the foods themselves, it’s all to do with their atomic numbers, it seems. Foods, such as dairy, that have odd carbon atoms-such as 15 or 17-have a protective effect, while those with even numbers, such as 14, 16 and 18, appear to help cause diabetes.
The researchers base their theory on a review of 12,403 people with type 2 diabetes, who were compared with a group of 16,154 healthy people.
(Source: Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2014; doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(14)70146-9)
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