What is wrong with saturated fat for diabetics?
Asked by anonymous on May 02, 2009
in Health Conditions
As long as a type 2 diabetic controls his blood gulcose within normal range (70-120 with A1c 5.5) and calorie intake to maintain normal weight, is there any reason to avoid saturated fats? If so, are there any double blind, controled, studies to back up the information?
Answer
Everyone should eat less saturated fat, but people with diabetes must watch it even more because their risk of heart attack may be as high as someone who has already had one heart attack. The study that started it all is Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes and in Nondiabetic Subjects with and without Prior Myocardial Infarction published in NEJM in 1998 - but there have been many more since. You have two risk factors under control by successfully managing your diabetes and weight. But eating too much saturated fats raises bad cholesterol (low density lipoprotein) and that is a risk factor too. Saturated fat is found in fatty meats, full-fat dairy products, and many fried foods. Trans fat, which isit is as bad or worse, is found in commercially prepared foods. Read about heart disease as a complication of diabetes at About.com.
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