We had given the details of beneficial effects of yogurt in previous issue of Gems. In this issue we have some more study results corroborating this.

Mu Chen, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues evaluated results from three prospective cohorts that followed medical history and lifestyle habits of health professionals. The cohorts included 41,497 U.S. male dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, osteopathic physicians and podiatrists ages 40 to 75 years in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2010); 67,138 U.S. female nurses ages 30 to 55 years in the Nurses' Health Study (1980-2010); and 85,884 U.S. female nurses ages 25 to 42 years in the Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2009). Overall, 15,156 type 2 diabetes cases were identified through follow-up. There was no associated risk for type 2 diabetes and total dairy consumption in age- and multivariate-adjusted models among all participants (P>.05).

There was a 4% lower risk with one serving per day increment of dairy consumption in the age-, BMI- and energy-adjusted model. However, further adjustment made the association null. High consumption of yogurt was associated with a lower risk for type 2 diabetes when researchers adjusted for risk for chronic disease. They found that one 28g serving of yogurt per day decreased the risk for type 2 diabetes by 18%.

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