Monday, January 28, 2019

A Mediterranean diet supplemented with dairy foods improves markers of cardiovascular risk: Results from the MedDairy randomized controlled trial

So when is your doctor going to give you an EXACT diet protocol? Not just hand you this article and be done with you.  But this: research has shown that eating a low-fat diet actually increases your risk of dementia.

A Mediterranean diet supplemented with dairy foods improves markers of cardiovascular risk: Results from the MedDairy randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical NutritionWade AT, et al. | January 28, 2019
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In this randomized, controlled, crossover design, researchers evaluated the impact of a Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) supplemented with dairy foods on cardiovascular risk factors. For this investigation, they compared a MedDiet with 3–4 daily servings of dairy (MedDairy) and a low-fat (LF) control diet. In this analysis, 41 participants aged ≥45 years and at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) were randomly assigned either to the MedDairy or the LF diet for their first intervention. The MedDairy intervention resulted in a significantly lower morning systolic blood pressure (SBP), lower morning diastolic blood pressure and clinic SBP, significantly higher HDL cholesterol, lower triglycerides, and a lower ratio of total to HDL cholesterol vs the LF intervention. Following a MedDiet with additional dairy foods, significant changes in cardiovascular risk markers over 8 wk were observed. Findings suggested that the MedDiet supplemented with dairy could be suitable for improving cardiovascular risk factors in a CVD-risk population.
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