This article discusses diabetes and dairy fats;
"Could dairy be a new weapon in the war on diabetes?
A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine (AIM) says trans-palmitoleate from dairy fat might be useful in preventing diabetes.
Diabetes means your blood glucose (GLOO-kos), also called blood sugar, is too high. Glucose comes from the food you eat and is needed to fuel our bodies. Glucose is also stored in our liver and muscles, according to the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP).
The NDEP says more than 23.6 million people, almost 8 percent of the population, have diabetes.
About 186,300 young people under 20 years of age are battling the disease...."
http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/2/Obesity/diabetes_and_dairy_fats_2412100620.html
Source: foodconsumer.org