YOGURT PROTECTS DIABETICS?

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YOGURT PROTECTS DIABETICS?

Gabe Mirkin, M.D.

When blood sugar levels rise too high in a diabetic, sugar sticks to cells

to be converted to a poison called sorbitol that destroys the cell to cause

blindness,

deafness, heart attacks, strokes, and kidney damage. Diabetics should

restrict foods that cause a high rise in blood sugar, particularly those

made from

flour and with added sugar.

Researchers in Lund, Sweden wanted to find out how various milk products

would affect the rise in blood sugar caused by eating bread. They found that

regular

milk and fresh cucumbers did not prevent the high rise in blood sugar that

follows eating bread, but that yogurt or pickled cucumber prevented the high

rise in blood sugar. They feel that acids in yogurt and pickled foods help

to prevent the high rise in blood sugar that follows eating foods made from

flour and sugar. If further studies confirm this one, diabetics may be able

to eat bread safely if they take it with fermented milk or pickled products.

Until then, diabetics should severely restrict the foods that cause a high

rise in blood sugar, such as bakery products, pastas, foods with lots of

sugar

such a fruit juices.

Inconsistency between glycemic and insulinemic responses to regular and

fermented milk products. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2001, Vol

74, Iss

1, pp 96-100. EM Ostman, HGML Elmstahl, IME Bjorck. Address: Ostman EM, Univ

Lund, Ctr Chem & Chem Engn, Dept Appl Nutr & Food Chem, POB 124, SE-22100

Lund, SWEDEN

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