Raise cholesterol?

On May 24, a new study showed that regular milk consumption has nothing to do with elevated cholesterol levels.

A team of scientists from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, the University of South Australia in Australia, and the University of Auckland in New Zealand published this study in the International Journal of Obesity.

The researchers used a genetic method to study milk intake, observing the changes in the lactase gene that are related to the digestion of milk lactose.

Vimal Karani, Professor of Nutritional Genetics and Nutritional Genomics at the University of Reading, said: “We have found that people who carry genetic variants related to high milk intake have higher BMI and body fat, but importantly, their Good cholesterol and bad cholesterol levels are lower.

In addition, the researchers also found that people with this genetic variant have a significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease.

This new study is carried out after several conflicting studies before, all of which are looking for a causal relationship between high dairy intake and cardiometabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.

Although data from the British Biobank shows that people with lactase gene variants have an 11% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, this study does not have any strong evidence that high milk intake and diabetes and related characteristics (such as glucose and glucose) Biomarkers of inflammation).

Karani said: "Although milk drinkers have slightly higher BMI and body fat levels, our research shows that milk intake does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Related paper information: org/10.