The Claim

Including cheese as a component in the Low-Lactose Dietary Score (LLDS) has no effect on the association between overall diet quality and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes or all-cause mortality.

Source: Cheese and Healthy Diet: Associations With Incident Cardio-Metabolic Diseases and All-Cause Mortality in the General Population

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
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Challenges
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Correlation
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In plain English

Adding cheese to a healthy eating pattern does not change the link between that pattern and lower risk of type 2 diabetes or death from any cause.

See the scientific wording

Including cheese as a component in a diet quality score (LLDS) does not alter the association between overall diet quality and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes or all-cause mortality, suggesting cheese has a neutral effect on the health impact of a healthy dietary pattern.

Why this might work

When someone eats a healthy diet, their body gets fewer harmful signals that cause insulin resistance and inflammation. Cheese doesn’t add or remove those signals, so it doesn’t change how well the diet protects against diabetes or early death.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Cheese and Healthy Diet: Associations With Incident Cardio-Metabolic Diseases and All-Cause Mortality in the General Population

    Adding cheese to a healthy diet doesn’t make the diet better or worse at preventing diabetes or early death — cheese itself doesn’t help or hurt, so it can be part of a healthy eating plan without changing the benefits.

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