Consuming milk and dairy products can help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Consuming milk and dairy products can help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adults who are lactose intolerant.
The consumption of milk and dairy products can help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adults who are lactose intolerant. This statement emerges from research conducted by Harvard and Einstein College in New York, published in the journal Nature and involving over 16,000 participants. Assolatte underlines the importance of these results.
The fundamental role in the fight against one of the most widespread metabolic diseases in the world would be played by the deficiency of the lactase enzyme and by the particular composition of the intestinal microbiota of lactose intolerant people who continue to consume milk and dairy products. Lactose intolerance manifests itself with gastrointestinal symptoms caused by the body’s inability to digest lactose, the sugar present in milk and its derivatives. This happens due to the lack or insufficiency of the lactase enzyme, necessary to break down lactose.
The study demonstrated how the consumption of milk, even in individuals with non-persistence of lactase, favors an enrichment of the intestinal bacterial flora with bacteria capable of improving the metabolic state. Assolatte comments that this scientific evidence confirms how a healthy and balanced diet, which includes milk and dairy products, can help in the prevention of diabetes. Furthermore, they suggest that lactose intolerance should not be managed by eliminating milk and dairy products, since their consumption could, on the contrary, improve the symptoms thanks to the enrichment of the intestinal bacterial flora. Finally, Assolatte reassures that the consumption of lactose up to 12 g per day, equivalent to a cup of milk, generally does not cause significant tolerance problems.
