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Eating cheese, regardless of how much, does not increase the risk of dying from any cause.

From 14 Cheese Studies: A Surprising Relationship with Death · video
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Cheese consumption is not associated with increased all-cause mortality at any intake level.

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  • Study: The dose-response relationship between dairy product intake and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

    Eating a small amount of cheese every day doesn't seem to make people more likely to die from any cause — and might even help a little. The study found no danger, even at higher amounts.

  • Study: Dairy Food Intake and All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Mortality: The Golestan Cohort Study

    People who ate more cheese in this study were actually less likely to die from any cause, even those who ate a lot. So cheese doesn’t seem to make people die sooner.

  • Study: Dairy Consumption, Lactase Persistence, and Mortality Risk in a Cohort From Southern Sweden

    The study found that people who ate cheese were less likely to die over time, even if they ate a lot of it. Unlike milk, cheese didn’t raise the risk of death — it might even help you live longer.

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    Why this might work

    Cheese contains compounds that stop calcium from building up in blood vessels, reduce inflammation in the body, improve how the gut and liver handle fats and sugars, and protect brain cells. These effects prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and dementia, which are the main reasons people die early.

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