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Daily consumption of camel
milk may protect one from diabetes, say scientists who studied the dietary
habits of a Rajasthani tribe known for camel rearing. Raica tribals in the
Thar region rarely fall prey to insulin-dependent diabetes and researchers
led by Rajendra Prasad Agarwal at S.P. Medical College, Bikaner, argue
that this could be because they consume ample quantities of camel milk.
The scientist compared blood sugar levels of over 1,000 members of the
Raica community with an equal number of people from other groups. The
Raica tribals who regularly consume camel milk did not have a single
diabetes case to report, while non-Raica, non-camel milk drinking people
had a 5.5 per cent prevalence raste. Interestingly, even those Raica –
tribals who no longer drink camel milk had an abysmal (0.7 per cent)
incidence of the disease, indicating that there are genetic underpinnings
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