Some fatty foods may help diabetic women slim down

Eating certain kinds of fats may actually help obese women with diabetes trim some body fat, a small study suggests.

The study of 35 older women with type 2 diabetes found that supplements containing two types of fats - conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) or safflower oil - led to healthy changes in body composition over four months.

With CLA, the women experienced a dip in body mass index (BMI) - a measure of weight in relation to height - and in their total level of body fat.