Nutrition & Diet

Full-Fat Dairy Leaves Weight and Cholesterol Unchanged in a Small 12-Week Trial

Full-fat dairy did not worsen several measures of metabolic health in a small, 12-week Canadian trial involving 74 adults with overweight or obesity. Participants were randomly assigned to a calorie-restricted, low-dairy diet or one of two diets providing three daily dairy servings, with different calorie instructions. The report describes no harmful changes in weight, body composition, cholesterol, energy metabolism, or insulin resistance among those consuming more dairy. Blood pressure and nutrient intake also improved. These findings challenge the assumption that full-fat dairy necessarily harms heart health, but they do not show that it outperforms low-fat dairy or prevents cardiovascular disease. The supplied article is incomplete and provides no numerical results. Before changing your diet, consider overall calories, cholesterol levels, and the quality of the foods dairy would replace.