Is Dairy Really Bad for Diabetics?
Dairy and diabetes type 2
Almost everyone, child, youth, or adult, loves milk. And we’ve been brought up to believe that milk is the complete health drink—rich in protein, carbs, and fats.
But nutritionists have long questioned this thinking. And with good reason. The biggest one being milk’s much-touted high percentage of calcium. While milk does contain calcium. It is of low bioavailability, that is, the human body is unable to synthesize it and extract the calcium in any meaningful quantity. Not only is milk unable to deliver calcium; it actually leaches calcium from the bones to aid in the digestion of milk.
Dairy and Diabetes Risk
There are three big risk factors linking milk to diabetes. Two of these are obvious, one is not so well known. Let’s start by looking at the obvious risk factors.
Risk factor #1: Sugar and carbohydrate content.
Milk contains between 12 and 13 grams of carbohydrates per 8-ounce bottle. A side note: these carbs in milk come in the form of lactose—which 68% of the human population are unable to digest; hence lactose intolerance. Carbs, as we all know, are not good for diabetics, as they cause spikes in blood sugar levels.
Risk factor #2: Fat
The second obvious risk factor is fat. Milk as everyone knows is very high in fat, and processed dairy products like cheese are even higher. Milk contains between 3.5 to 5% fat, and about 65% of this is in the form of unsaturated fats, which have been directly linked to high blood cholesterol and heart disease.
Risk factor # 3: IGF
The third risk factor, which is not so obvious, but just as deadly, is a compound called IGF (Insulin-like Growth Factor). These IGF molecules look like and behave like insulin, but they do not function like insulin. On the contrary, they block insulin from performing their main job—i.e. open cells to allow the intake of glucose from the blood. This is a big reason why stopping milk and all milk products have been shown to be very effective in lowering blood sugar levels.
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