Home
- Eating Well (or at Least Not terribly) at Fast Food Resturants
You can view the current or previous issues of Diabetes Health online, in their entirety, anytime you want.
Click Here To View
See if you qualify for our free healthcare professional magazines. Click here to start your application for Pre-Diabetes Health, Diabetes Health Pharmacist and Diabetes Health Professional.
Latest Pre-Diabetes Articles
Popular Pre-Diabetes Articles
Highly Recommended Pre-Diabetes Articles
Diabetes More Common In Milk-Drinking Countries
Finland consumes more cow's milk than any other country and Finnish people have the highest incidence of diabetes in the world-40 cases per 100,000 people. This is about six times higher than the frequency of diabetes in France. The French drink much less milk and have only 7.5 people with diabetes per 100,000 among the Caucasian population.
A study published in the August 1995 Diabetes Care, and supported in part by the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, showed that Finnish children with newly onset diabetes had high levels of bovine serum albumin (BSA) antibodies. BSA is a protein found in cow's milk.
According to the report, "Studies of infant nutrition have associated diabetes risk with short (versus longer) periods of breast feeding. Diabetes risk declines with longer duration of exclusive breast feeding. Early exposure to cow's milk-based infant formula was identified as a major independent risk factor."
The study showed that patients with diabetes had elevated anti-BSA levels in 74.4% of cases, compared with 5.5% of (non-diabetic) control children.
The report concludes, "This is the third blinded study that demonstrates a clear association between childhood onset diabetes and elevated anti-BSA antibodies."
According to Beth Beller, RD, CDE, "Many pediatricians now recommend not starting cow's milk till a child is one year of age, especially when there is a family history of type I diabetes."
Categories: Beverages, Diabetes, General, Pre-Diabetes
You May Also Be Interested In...
Click Here To View Or Post Comments
0 comments -
Jan 1, 1996
-
Diabetes Health
Diabetes Health is the essential resource for people living with diabetes- both newly diagnosed and experienced as well as the professionals who care for them. We provide balanced expert news and information on living healthfully with diabetes. Each issue includes cutting-edge editorial coverage of new products, research, treatment options, and meaningful lifestyle issues.
-
Topics
- Diabetic / Diabetes Health
- Type 1 / 1.5 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blood Glucose / Sugar
- High/Low Blood Sugar / Fast Acting Glucose
- Insulin- Pumps, Pens & Syringes
- Continuous Glucose Monitors, CGM, Infusion Sets
- Type 2 Medications
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
Email to a Friend
Send a link to this page to your friends and colleagues.