A 15-year study involving more than 3,000 adults aged 30-75 years and free of prevalent diabetes at baseline, found that full-fat dairy can reduce risk of developing diabetes by 46 per cent on average. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/03/22/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018410.abstract Is then low-fat dairy higher in sugar? I thought that full-fat and low-fat only are different just in fat content.
Does that mean the higher concentrations of fatty acids found in full-fat dairy help reduce the risk of developing diabetes?
"Got milk? Well, you might not really need it, according to the current issue of JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Pediatrics. Reduced-fat milk is high in sugar and may be contributing to the obesity epidemic, argues Harvard professor of pediatrics David Ludwig, MD. One cup of 2-percent milk contains 12.3 grams of sugar, more than a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup and almost as much as a chocolate chip cookie. Consider that the recommendations for sugar intake call for just 12 grams a day (three teaspoons, at 4 grams each) for children. So one serving of milk a day would put a child over the limit, two cups a day would top a woman’s limit of 5 teaspoons, and three cups a day would top a man’s limit of 8-9 teaspoons."===http://www.forbes.com/sites/melanie...-we-thought-says-harvard-expert/#7a2109f91907
