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Cardiovascular health

Low-fat or full-fat fermented dairy products, such as yogurt, may benefit cardiovascular health

As latest research questions conventional dietary recommendations on dairy foods due to the properties of dairy fats, fermented dairy products…

Preventing cardiometabolic disease: new insights into the role of fermented dairy foods

A wealth of research is shedding light on how fermented dairy foods such as yogurt and cheese may be associated…

Yogurt dairy matrix: Why full-fat yogurt may have a protective effect against cardiovascular diseases?

Dairy foods are high in saturated fats and yet may have a protective effect against cardiovascular diseases. In the EU,…

Yogurt effects on health: whole matrix vs single nutrients

Traditionally, the nutritional evaluation of the relation between diet and health has focused on individual food constituents or nutrients separately.…

Dairy fats and cardiovascular disease: Do we really need to be concerned ?

Ronan Lordan and Ioannis Zabetakis are both researchers at the University of Limerick in Ireland in the Department of Biological…

Regular yogurt consumption is associated with reduced heart risk in people with hypertension

Consuming at least 2 servings of yogurt every week, especially as part of a healthy diet, is associated with a…

Switching to whole-fat fermented milk is associated with reduced risk of stroke

Dietary guidelines recommending low-fat dairy products in stroke prevention have been called into question by the findings of this large-scale…

Call for more research into role of yogurt in combating cardiometabolic diseases

Eating yogurt is linked to reductions in obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Now research is needed…

Why dairy foods are healthy despite their saturated fat content

Dairy foods are high in saturated fats and yet may have a protective effect against cardiovascular disease (CVD). The author…

Fermented dairy products may help prevent heart disease

Dietary change is one of the most important ways of preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD), which remains a major cause of…