Open AccessCamel milk for reduction of diabetes risk: Are we heading toward the right direction?
Author(s) -
Komal Shah,
Sandul Yasobant,
Deepak Saxena
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_501_19
Subject(s) - medicine , camel milk , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , heading (navigation) , glycemic , product (mathematics) , randomized controlled trial , environmental health , public health , intensive care medicine , surgery , endocrinology , food science , nursing , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , geodesy , geography
Diabetes is emerging as an important public health problem in India imparting huge burden on healthcare economics. Recently a milk packaging company has introduced camel milk product with its potential use in reducing risk of diabetes. In this study, we had evaluated the available evidences and found that though camel milk may have some benefits for the patients with type 1 diabetes, its efficacy for improving glycemic profile of type 2 diabetes is highly controversial and further evidences in the form of randomized controlled trials are needed to substantiate the effect.