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Consumption Of Trans Fatty Acids May Increase Risk.(type 2 diabetes)
2001 JUN 14 - (NewsRx Network) -- A new study suggests that even a small increase in the use of sources of trans fatty acids in the diet may significantly increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
In research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Jorge Salmeron et al. studied the relationship between the consumption of saturated or unsaturated fats and the onset of type 2 diabetes. They analyzed diet records from 84,000 normal to overweight, middle-aged women in the Nurse's Health Study at intervals over a 14-year period between 1980 and 1994.
Increasing the use of trans fatty acids by as little as 2% significantly increased the risk for type 2 diabetes in these women, as opposed to the use of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which reduced the risk of diabetes.
Among the 2,507 cases of type 2 diabetes diagnosed over the 14-year period of the study, neither total fat intake nor saturated fat influenced the incidence, but high consumption of trans fatty acids increased the risk for the disease. The main sources of trans fatty acids in the women's diets were stick margarine; ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Consumption Of Trans Fatty Acids May Increase Risk.(type 2 diabetes)