Full-fat dairy reduced heart disease by 22 percent and stroke by 34 percent (136,000 people, 9 years)
Is Whole-Fat Dairy Good for the Heart? New York Times
“The study, published in Lancet, included 136,384 people in 21 countries followed for an average of nine years.”
“Total intake of two or more servings of full-fat dairy food was associated with a 22 percent lower risk of heart disease, a 34 percent lower risk of stroke, and a 23 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease.”
From Association of dairy intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31812-9
PDF is available free at Sci-Hub 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31812-9
Note: I scanned through the Lancet study several times, but was unable to find a comparison of low-fat diary vs same number of servings of high fat dairy, as was hinted at by the NYT summary.
Suspect that High-fat dairy
==> Increased Cholesterol
==> Increased Vitamin D in blood (probably from sun)
==> Improved health
See VitaminDWiki
Less cholesterol in diet resulted in less vitamin D in blood (in mice) – Feb 2016
More cholesterol is associated with more vitamin D – June 2013
Kids have recently reduced both cholesterol and vitamin D – Aug 2012
- Low fat dairy, etc.
Cholesterol is needed to produce both Vitamin D and Cortisol
Cardiovascular category starts with the following
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