PLoS One August 2014 PMID 24146877

Effects of high and low fat dairy food on cardio-metabolic risk factors: a meta-analysis of randomized studies.

Jocelyne R Benatar, Karishma Sidhu, Ralph A H Stewart

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The overall tone reflects skepticism and critique, with posts like 'How the fuck does this get published?' and comments about its significance, indicating low enthusiasm and engagement. Users cite existing meta-analyses and question the study's validity, emphasizing that while the discussion is active, it mainly focuses on doubts rather than advancing understanding.

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The meta-analysis reviewed 20 randomized studies involving 1677 healthy adults to assess how increasing dairy food intake affects cardiometabolic risk factors, finding that higher dairy consumption modestly increases weight but has little impact on indicators like blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, and inflammation.
Increasing dairy intake, whether from low-fat or whole-fat sources, was associated with a small weight gain (~0.59 kg), but other health markers such as insulin resistance, fasting glucose, LDL and HDL cholesterol, and blood pressure showed no significant changes.
The overall quality of the clinical trials was modest, and while dairy intake slightly increases weight, it doesn't significantly affect other cardiometabolic risk factors, emphasizing the need for more high-quality research to clarify dairy's health effects.]

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MonCarnivore

@moncarnivore · X

Une consommation accrue de produits laitiers est associée à une #prisedepoids ( 0,32 à 1,21 kg pour les faibles en gras contre 0,07 à 0,80 kg pour les produits laitiers entiers), sans effets significatifs sur d’autres facteurs de risque cardiométaboliques https://t.co/lJaPDPrhA8

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Sergey Minaev

@sminaev2015 · X

RT @AIMexico2030: @sminaev2015 @Harvard85 "...Increasing whole fat and low fat dairy food consumption increases weight but has minor effect…

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XisTheNewApartheid

@XisNewApartheid · X

@sminaev2015 @Harvard85 "...Increasing whole fat and low fat dairy food consumption increases weight but has minor effects on other cardio-metabolic risk factors...." https://t.co/9efHAtXOxC

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Skeptoidius

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@DrRamonDeCangas Tampoco la había hace una década https://t.co/GPyGyxXcSQ https://t.co/TJTdcJYCGq No la ha habido nunca

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Bhopender Thakur

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RT @AviBittMD: How the fuck does this get published? https://t.co/LKkyN9drKp HT: @The_Nutrivore https://t.co/XbDXoZmF8Z

Mar 19, 2021 · 2 shares · 1,390 followers View post →

Avi Bitterman, MD

@AviBittMD · X

How the fuck does this get published? https://t.co/LKkyN9drKp HT: @The_Nutrivore https://t.co/XbDXoZmF8Z

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PREKURE

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@The_Nutrivore @AviBittMD @fitomnivore @nicknorwitz It is completely abrogated by obesity in this meta-analysis of high fat vs low fat dairy food RCTs. https://t.co/rttBggu5l6

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PREKURE

@PREKUREOfficial · X

@AviBittMD @The_Nutrivore @fitomnivore @nicknorwitz In this meta of high fat vs low fat milk, the LDL effect is completely abrogated in obese subjects. https://t.co/rttBggu5l6

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George D. Henderson

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@DrNicolaDennis To be specific I can think of one set of high-quality research into the milk fat question in NZ and it did not support the guidelines. https://t.co/Vvr0meUqvS

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alon

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Michael Joseph

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@patentbobm Blood pressure: https://t.co/jcFq4JKQsH & https://t.co/ZhqfUQuiaZ Glucose regulation: https://t.co/zW3vCa3OEr Vascular function: https://t.co/7jw6fe1Bgp Insulin resistance https://t.co/5lOVFrUI5v Cardiovascular health: https://t.co/HQQ2ovhzB1 Weight: https://t.co/tULfCTTlYo

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