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| Aug 3 @ 11:53 AM |
Just general 'good for you stuff in the news'
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Heaveninawildflower
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I've made this thread pretty generic - I get bulletins from WebMD just about every day, as they're a partner to my employer's health care plan.
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This was on WebMD (8/3/09) - six reasons why low fat dairy is good for you - and please note, the full article notes that some of these items refer ONLY to low fat items:
Link: Six Reasons to get your Dairy
Summary:
1. Calcium and Protein - Just a cup of lite nonfat yogurt, for example, gives you a third of your daily recommended calcium intake, along with 17% of your estimated daily protein intake.
2. Vitamin D - recent research has indicated that it may be helpful for all sorts of other things, from reducing the risk of certain cancers to lowering blood pressure.
3. Bone Density - Getting calcium from food, rather than supplements, seems to do your bones good. A study in Finland looked at changes in bone thickness and density in girls 10 years old-12 years old whose diets were supplemented with either cheese, calcium, or calcium plus vitamin D. The cheese-eating group appeared to have bigger increases in bone mass than the other groups.
4. Blood pressure - researchers found that only calcium from low-fat dairy products was related to a lower blood-pressure risk. The researchers suggested that this could have something to do with the proteins found in low-fat dairy (caseins and whey), which may have actions similar to those of blood pressure-lowering drugs.
5. Metabolic syndrome (Syndrome X) - Iranian researchers concluded that those who consumed the most dairy (milk, yogurt, and cheese) were less likely to have enlarged waists and metabolic syndrome, a group of symptoms that has been shown to increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
6. Weight - although an analysis of overall calcium consumption has not linked calcium to greater weight loss, there is increasing evidence that calcium from dairy products may play a role in body-weight regulation.
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