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Are eggs going to kill you?
If you have been paying attention to the media, you might have heard that eggs increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. News outlets have been reporting on the recently published paper Associations of Dietary Cholesterol or Egg Consumption With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality (1). But is it true? Are eggs going to kill you? Source of data Researchers looked at data from 6 US cohorts: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, 1989 Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, 1988 Framingham Heart Study (FHS) Study, 2013 Framingham Offspring Study (FOS) Study, 1975 Jackson Heart Study (JHS), 2005 Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2002 As you can expect,…
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Is dairy good for you?
Dairy products and alternatives constitute one of the five food groups in the Australian Dietary Guidelines. “Alternatives” are included in this group because there is an increasing number of people who cannot or choose not to consume foods derived from animal milk. Is dairy good for you? As it’s often the case, it depends. What is dairy? Dairy products is the name given to milk and products made from milk of animals such as cows, goats and sheep. This includes fermented milk products such as yoghurt, kefir and cheese. While cream, ice cream and butter are technically dairy products, they should not be consumed on a regular basis. Nutrients in…
