Dairy product consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes in an elderly Spanish Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk

Abstract

A healthy dietary pattern incorporating a high consumption of dairy products and particularly yogurt may be protective against T2D in older adults at high cardiovascular risk.

Current Food Classifications in Epidemiological Studies Do Not Enable Solid Nutritional Recommendations for Preventing Diet-Related Chronic Diseases: The Impact of Food Processing

“…Moreover, no association was reported between cheese and whole-milk intake and prostate cancer risk, whereas skimmed/low-fat milk has been shown to slightly increase risk (43). Finally, yogurt and low-fat dairy seemed to protect against type 2 diabetes, whereas no association was observed for cheese and whole-fat dairy (44). Only a few examples have shown the importance of processing, but the heterogeneity of results still indicate the need for a more specific and systematic food classification system based on processing rather than a binary classification based on only raw compared with processed foods.…”

“…The most studied comparisons include raw with processed fruits and vegetables (34,35), whole-grain with refined cereals (36)(37)(38), red with processed meats (39,40), milk with yogurt with cheese (41,42), and full-fat versus semiskimmed with low-fat/skimmed milk (or low-fat compared with high-fat dairy) (43,44). For example, raw and processed fruit and vegetable products have been shown to protect against coronary heart disease risk, whereas only raw products protected against stroke (34,35).…”

Valuation of nutritional and health claims for yoghurts in Spain: A hedonic price approach

“…The consumption of sufficient amounts of yoghurt live microorganisms 1 promotes health benefits (WHO/FAO, 2001). Such benefits include a reduction risk of type 2 diabetes (Diaz-Lopez et al, 2015), reduction in weight gain (Mozaffarian et al, 2011) and prevention of certain cardiovascular diseases (Astrup, 2014).…”

Más allá del valor nutricional del yogur, ¿un indicador de calidad de la dieta?

“…Por el contrario, las últimas publicaciones señalan, incluso, que los lácteos enteros podrían ser beneficiosos a nivel cardiometabólico. En el caso del yogur, algunos estudios señalan que el consumo en su versión entera se asocia a un menor riesgo de aparición de diabetes, de SM o alguno de sus componentes (14,19,20). Por tanto, no habría razón para continuar recomendando únicamente el consumo de lácteos bajos en grasa.…”