Eating cheese and red meat could help you live longer, study states
| Updated: Aug 30, 2018, 12:23 IST
Fire the grill and stock up on all your favourite cheese because red meat and cheese are back on the list for healthy living. Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, found that people who consume higher amounts of red meat and cheese tend to live longer than those who do not. People who had three portions of dairy and 120 grams of unprocessed red meat per day benefited the most, the research team found.
“Our findings on full-fat dairy and unprocessed red meat do challenge conventional thinking,” McMaster professor of nutrition and epidemiology Andrew Mente conceded to fellow researchers at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Munich, Germany. Those consuming the right amount of meat and cheese in a day saw their chances of early death fall by 25 per cent and fatal heart attack decreased by 22 per cent!
“It’s protective up to the serving sizes that we’ve identified. We are saying three dairy and we are saying around one portion of red meat (a day), or white meat,” said Mente. White meat, such as chicken and turkey, also carried similar benefits, the researchers said. “Our results show that dairy products and meat are beneficial for heart health and longevity,” said Dr Salim Yusuf, who teaches cardiovascular disease at the McMaster Medical School.
Now, this study sure challenges the conventional wisdom to limit whole-fat dairy intake, as stated by researchers but we're hell-bent on living by this study! And you?
“Our findings on full-fat dairy and unprocessed red meat do challenge conventional thinking,” McMaster professor of nutrition and epidemiology Andrew Mente conceded to fellow researchers at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Munich, Germany. Those consuming the right amount of meat and cheese in a day saw their chances of early death fall by 25 per cent and fatal heart attack decreased by 22 per cent!
“It’s protective up to the serving sizes that we’ve identified. We are saying three dairy and we are saying around one portion of red meat (a day), or white meat,” said Mente. White meat, such as chicken and turkey, also carried similar benefits, the researchers said. “Our results show that dairy products and meat are beneficial for heart health and longevity,” said Dr Salim Yusuf, who teaches cardiovascular disease at the McMaster Medical School.
Now, this study sure challenges the conventional wisdom to limit whole-fat dairy intake, as stated by researchers but we're hell-bent on living by this study! And you?