World Heart Day: Good news for cheese lovers! High-fat dairy food could be good for your heart

World Heart Day 2021: According to new research published in the journal PLOS Medicine, people with a higher consumption of dairy products have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those with lower intake.

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For the study, researchers examined the dairy fat consumption of more than 4,000 participants in Sweden. They measured blood levels of a particular fatty acid that’s mostly found in dairy foods. Experts then followed the participants for an average of 16 years to observe how many had heart attacks, strokes and how many of them died.

Researchers found that those with a high intake of dairy fats had the lowest risk of cardiovascular disease, as well as no increased risk of death from all causes. The team also confirmed the findings in other populations after combining the Swedish results with 17 other studies involving nearly 43,000 people from the U.S., Denmark and the UK.

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