Type 2 Diabetes: Confusion Over How Regular Consumption Of Yogurt Can Reduce The Risk

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Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body cannot produce enough insulin again to function properly. It can be a lifelong condition requiring progressive treatments. When left untreated type 2 diabetes can result in very serious health conditions including damage to blood nerves, vessels and organs. Early stages of type 2 diabetes is treated with tablets but the progressive form of the condition is often treated using insulin injections often administered several times a day.

If everything goes according to plan, type 2 diabetic patients and people at risk of the disease may not go through these painful treatments again in the future. Recent research suggests that eating yogurt regularly can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by 28 %. However, there are some important questions regarding these findings which researchers did not answer.

Researchers did not state how regular people can consume yogurt to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes. Is it once daily? Twice daily? Thrice daily? Two days a week? Three days a week? Normally people are told how regular they can consume something to get the maximum benefit from it. People are advised, for example, to consume at least five different types of fruit and vegetables a day to remain healthy. I think similar advice should also be given for yogurt consumption.

Another unresolved issue related to the recommendation that people should consume yogurt regularly to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes is the amount of yogurt that people can consume at a time. Is it 50ml, 100ml, 250 ml or 500ml of yogurt? Without any specific amount of yogurt to consume at a time, some diabetic patients can consume as much yogurt as possible to get a quick fix for their condition. This can worsen their condition rather than ameliorate it.

This shows that it is not enough just to state that people should consume yogurt regularly to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes by 28%. It is important to provide more specific advice on how regular to consume yogurt to get this benefit. Advice on yogurt consumption can be like that given for substances such as alcohol. Male adults in the UK for example are advised to drink not more 4 units of alcohol a day, and not more than 21 units of alcohol a week. Women are advised to drink not more than 3 units of alcohol a day, and not more than 14 units of the beverage.

Although these findings are encouraging particularly to families where there is a history of type 2 diabetes, it will be important to clarify what constitutes regular consumption of yogurt that can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Without resolving this issue, many people at risk of type 2 diabetes cannot benefit from these recent findings.

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