Low-Fat Dairy Advice Challenged: Full-Fat Dairy Causes No Adverse Effects In 12-Week Trial

Low-fat dairy may not be that beneficial after all

All those years of reaching for the "skim" and "fatfree" options in the milk and cheese aisle may not have been the heart-healthy move we once thought, according to a new study.

Low-Fat Dairy Advice Challenged: Full-Fat Dairy Causes No Adverse Effects In 12-Week Trial

New research from the University of Toronto is challenging long-standing assumptions about full-fat dairy, finding that three daily servings did not lead to meaningful increases in weight, body fat, cholesterol or insulin resistance among adults with overweight or obesity. The 12-week study, led by Harvey Anderson, a professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, involved 74 adults who were randomly…

Drink Full-Fat Milk? We've Got Some Good News

Growing up, I always heard the same dietary advice: go for brown rice where possible, and if you can, choose low-fat dairy. However, speaking to HuffPost UK previously, Melissa Jaeger, a registered dietitian at MyFitnessPal, said: “The nutritional gap between [brown and white rice] isn’t that huge.”And a new paper has suggested that full-fat options might not be as bad for us as I first thought, either.Published in the Journal of Nutrition, the …

Whole Milk Finds New Fans in GLP-1 Era - The Food Institute

Whole milk and full-fat dairy are gaining momentum as protein demand and GLP-1 weight-loss drugs influence food trends.