Dairy is having a moment. Yogurt seems poised to displace olive oil as the new "it" superfood. A prominent food-is-medicine researcher and cardiologist is promoting full-fat dairy. And when you look at the top of the new inverted food pyramid issued by the federal government, you'll see a thick wedge of cheese, next to a steak.
So, you might ask, is cheese a health food now? And where does LDL cholesterol – the longtime poster villain for heart disease – fit into all of this?
"Food is complicated," said cardiologist Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University in Boston, who's been widely quoted in the media saying full-fat dairy is equally as beneficial as low-fat. "You can't just think of some single thing like saturated fat content or even calories and make a decision."
Three dairy servings per day has long been the federal dietary guideline. What's new is the directive to consume full-fat dairy.
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