Eating certain kinds of fats may actually help obese women with diabetes get more trim.
A study of 35 older women with type 2 diabetes found fats such as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) led to healthy changes in body composition over four months.
With CLA, the women saw a dip in body mass index (BMI) -- a measure of weight in relation to height -- and in their total level of body fat. CLA is found in beef, lamb and dairy products. Animal research has previously found that...
