Swapping milk for yogurt could help women avoid heart problems

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-22 22:41:23 | Updated at 2024-11-23 02:41:11 4 hours ago

Swapping milk for yogurt could help women avoid heart problems
Medical Xpress / Nature Publishing Group / BMC Medicine ^ | Nov. 8, 2024 | Karl Michaëlsson et al

Posted on 11/22/2024 2:29:54 PM PST by ConservativeMind

Drinking non-fermented milk may increase the risk of heart disease in women, according to research. The study, which investigated the association between milk intake and the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and acute myocardial infarction (MI), suggests that replacing non-fermented milk with fermented milk could potentially lower women's risks of these conditions.

IHD is globally one of the leading contributors to adult mortality, and there is uncertainty about the effects of milk products on the risk of IHD. Fermented milk, found in foods such as yogurt and kefir, is fermented by lactic acid bacteria.

Karl Michaëlsson and colleagues conducted two Swedish prospective cohort studies involving 59,998 women with an average age of 54 and 40,777 men with an average age of 60 who did not have IHD or cancer. 17,896 cases of IHD, including 10,714 cases of MI, were documented during 33 years of follow-up running from 1987 to 2021.

In women, intake of more than 300 milliliters per day of non-fermented milk was associated with a greater risk of IHD, with a 5% increased risk at 400 milliliters, a 12% increased risk at 600 milliliters, and a 21% increased risk at 800 milliliters. A similar relationship in women was seen for the risk of acute MI. No higher risk of IHD with increased non-fermented milk intake was observed in men. Substituting a 200 milliliter daily intake of non-fermented milk with fermented milk suggested there was a 5% decreased risk of IHD and a 4% decreased risk of MI in women.

The authors suggest that high amounts of non-fermented milk intake could affect levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21)—two cardiometabolic proteins that regulate blood pressure and flow.

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Drink kefir or eat yogurt, in addition to having normal milk products, to help reduce the likelihood of several types of heart disease.

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2 posted on 11/22/2024 2:30:26 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)

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Raw milk probably good too.

3 posted on 11/22/2024 2:32:46 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )

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Very interesting. I’ve always detested milk, but have yogurt almost every night for dessert with either mangoes or blueberries in it. Nonfat vanilla yogurt.

My heart’s doing very well and bp is great with only one prescription drug, Lisinopril.

4 posted on 11/22/2024 2:35:24 PM PST by Veto! (Kamalala Sucks Rocks)

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