Milk Products, Insulin Resistance Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Nutrition Vol. 28; p. 91S
• Main Authors: Tremblay, Angelo, Gilbert, Jo-Anne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American College of Nutrition 01.02.2009
• Subjects: age; Animals; body mass index; calcium; Calcium, Dietary - administration & dosage; Dairy Products; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - prevention & control; diet-related diseases; dietary nutrient sources; disease prevention; ethnic differences; food intake; glycemic control; Humans; hypertension; Insulin Resistance; low fat dairy products; metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Metabolic Syndrome - prevention & control; Milk; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; nutritional status; obesity-related diseases; observational studies; Prevalence; serving size; vitamin D; Vitamin D - administration & dosage; weight loss

A growing body of evidence suggests an inverse relationship between calcium and vitamin D status and dairy food intake and the development of the insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2DM). Observational studies show a consistent inverse association between dairy intake an...