According to scientists in Archives of Internal Medicine, "Diet and lifestyle modifications can substantially reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. While a strong inverse association has been reported between dairy consumption and the insulin resistance syndrome among young obese adults, the relation between dairy intake and type 2 diabetes is unknown.
"We prospectively examined the relation between dairy intake and incident cases of type 2 diabetes in 41,254 male participants with no history of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer at baseline in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. During 12 years of follow-up, we documented 1,243 incident cases of type 2 diabetes. Dairy intake was associated with a modestly lower risk of type 2 diabetes," report the scientists.