Milk drinkers are far less likely to develop insulin resistance, a forerunner of diabetes and unwanted body fat accumulation, 


according to a decade-long study recently published in the respected Journal of the American Medical Association.

Among the more than 3,000 people ages 18 to 30 who were followed for 10 years, 


those who consumed the most dairy products (milk, cottage cheese and yogurt) had a 72 percent lower incidence of insulin resistance than those with the lowest intake.

What This Means to You: Milk—skim milk—really does do your body good. 
And although it does contain milk sugars, lead investigator Dr. Mark Pereira, 


an epidemiologist at Harvard Medical School, notes these are complex sugars and much healthier than those found in soda and candy.

“They are converted to blood sugar at a lower rate,” he says. What’s more, milk contains a good deal of protein, he notes, which means it is more filling than soda.

“People who drink milk are less likely to eat too much because it is more filling.”

Article taken from http://www.hlifestyles.com