Blog Snack: Dairy lowers heart risk

This was too good not to share. A study was done on individuals aged 35-70 between Jan 1, 2003, and July 14, 2018. The individuals were multinational as they were recruited from 21 countries. The study grouped individuals into dairy and non dairy intake. The idea was to see if the intake had any significance to heart disease, stroke, cardiac conditions.

Dairy intake, greater than 2 a day as opposed to no intake, was shown to be associated with a lowered risk of total mortality and non cardiac and cardiac issues (stroke, heart disease). Greater than 1 serve versus no intake of milk and yoghurt rather than cheese and butter, was also associated with lowered risk of mortality by cardiac issues. There was no association with with myocardial infarction (heart attack) in either groups.

Takeaway :

Don’t be afraid of dairy IF you like it and are able to digest it. Most people stop producing as many lactose digestive enzymes as they had when they were young, the exception are many of those from Northern European descent. Pro tip: find a good digestive enzyme and take a couple before you eat the dairy for maximum digestion of the nutrients.