Na edição de abril de 2015 da Renomada revista The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, foi publicado um artigo que associou o consumo de ovos à um RISCO DIMINUÍDO PARA DESENVOLVER DIABETES!
Homens que comiam mais de 5 ovos por semana tiveram risco menor de desenvolver diabetes tipo 2 do que os homens que comeram cerca de 1 por semana.
Veja o artigo no link: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2015/04/01/ajcn.114.104109.abstract
E aqui vai o abstract do artigo:
Background: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing around the world. Eggs are a major source of cholesterol, which has been associated with elevated blood glucose and an increased risk of T2D. However, there are limited and conflicting data from prospective population studies on the association between egg consumption and risk of T2D.
Objective: We investigated the association between egg consumption and risk of incident T2D in middle-aged and older men from eastern Finland.
Design: The study included 2332 men aged 42–60 y in 1984–1989 at the baseline examinations of the prospective, population-based Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study. Dietary intakes were assessed with 4-d food records at baseline. Incident T2D was assessed by self-administered questionnaires; by fasting and 2-h oral-glucose-tolerance-test blood glucose measurement at re-examination rounds 4, 11, and 20 y after baseline; and by record linkage to a hospital discharge registry and reimbursement register of diabetes medication expenses. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to estimate associations with the risk of incident T2D. Associations with the metabolic risk markers at baseline and at the 4-y examinations were analyzed by ANCOVA.
Results: During an average follow-up of 19.3 y, 432 men developed T2D. After adjustment for potential confounders, those in the highest vs. the lowest egg intake quartile had a 38% (95% CI: 18%, 53%; P-trend across quartiles <0.001) lower risk of incident T2D. Analyses with metabolic risk markers also suggested an inverse association with fasting plasma glucose and serum C-reactive protein but not with serum insulin. The associations between cholesterol intake and risk of T2D, plasma glucose, serum insulin, and C-reactive protein were mainly nonsignificant, especially after accounting for egg consumption.
Conclusion: Higher egg intake was associated with a lower risk of T2D in this cohort of middle-aged and older men.
Por isso é importante não restringir um determinado tipo de alimento, apenas por um único ítem, no caso do ovo, o colesterol.
O ovo é rico em em proteínas de alta qualidade e são um boa fonte de várias vitaminas, minerais e ácidos graxos.
Para eu que AMO ovos, é mais uma boa notícia!
