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From the Wisconsin Dairy Council

This is good news for me!  I have to admit, I hate skim milk or anything made from it, can barely abide 1%, and have settled on 2% as a compromise between what I love and what I have always believed is good for me.  A recent NPR story now tells me that, as far as dairy products are concerned, I may be able to have my cake and eat it too – that is, the tastiest may also be the most healthful.NPR reports on two studies from Europe, one looking at middle-aged men in Sweden and the other a meta-analysis of 16 observational studies.  Both seemed to show that eating high-fat dairy products is actually protective against obesity.

I am sure that these are not the last words on this subject, and they do seem counter-intuitive.  But I may feel a little less guilty when I use whole milk to make my yoghurt or top a slice of apple with a generous chunk of triple-creme cheese.  Yum!  Find the NPR story at the link below:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/02/12/275376259/the-full-fat-paradox-whole-milk-may-keep-us-lean?utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20140216&utm_source=mostemailed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320900.  Scand J Prim Health Care. 2013 Jun;31(2):89-94. doi: 10.3109/02813432.2012.757070. Epub 2013 Jan 15.  High dairy fat intake related to less central obesity: a male cohort study with 12 years’ follow-up.  Holmberg S, Thelin A.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22810464.  Eur J Nutr. 2013 Feb;52(1):1-24. doi: 10.1007/s00394-012-0418-1. Epub 2012 Jul 19.  The relationship between high-fat dairy consumption and obesity, cardiovascular, and metabolic disease.  Kratz M, Baars T, Guyenet S.