USE OF A MILK PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE IN THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES

摘要

Use of a milk protein hydrolysate which is preferably a whey protein hydrolysate or caseinoglycomacropeptide (CGMP) in a bioavailable form in the manufacture of a composition for the treatment or prevention of diabetes or syndrome X and a method of treatment or prevention of diabetes or syndrome X are described. The present invention also relates to a method for assessing proglucagon gene expression and GLP-1 release by a cell line derived from an adenocarcinoma of human caecum.