Cheese can reduce the risk of diabetes

Scientists say the chances of developing type two diabetes could be 12 percent lower for cheese lovers.

The authors of the study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition monthly journal states that the healthy eaters may try to avoid cheese, but new research suggests it could actually ward off diabetes.

The chance of developing type 2 diabetes, a condition often linked with obesity, could be reduced by around 12 per cent by regularly snacking on cheese, scientists said.

Although high in saturated fat, it may be rich in types of the fat that could be good for the body, they believe.

Fatty foods have long been thought to raise the risks, but uncertainty about the role of dairy products such as milk, butter, cheese and yogurt, has continued.

Most other dairy foods did not have the same beneficial effect as cheese, with the possible exception of yoghurt, the research found. (MTI, after The Daily Telegraph )