How yoghurt could stave off diabetes: Just two spoonfuls a day cut odds of developing the disease by a fifth

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Eating 28g of yoghurt daily - around a quarter of a small pot – cuts the odds of developing the disease by almost a fifth, a study found.

The research, from the Harvard School of Public Health in the US, suggests the popular food could provide an inexpensive and easy way of boosting the odds of a healthy old age.

Type 2 diabetes, the form of the condition studied, is fuelled by obesity. It usually develops in middle-age and over time triggers disabling and deadly complications, from blindness to heart attacks and strokes.