The Claim

Fermented dairy foods (excluding cheese) are not associated with mortality from any cause, cancer, or cardiovascular disease in the studied cohort.

Source: The relationship between fermented food intake and mortality risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Netherlands cohort

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
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Eating fermented dairy foods like yogurt and kefir, but not cheese, does not change the risk of dying from any cause, cancer, or heart disease in the people studied.

See the scientific wording

The study found no association between fermented dairy foods (excluding cheese) and mortality from any cause, cancer, or cardiovascular disease, despite these foods comprising 78% of total fermented food intake in the cohort.

Why this might work

Eating fermented dairy foods like yogurt does not change levels of inflammation in the blood, how the body processes sugars and fats, or how blood vessels work, so it does not affect the chance of dying from any disease.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: The relationship between fermented food intake and mortality risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Netherlands cohort

    The study looked at people who ate yogurt and other fermented dairy foods (but not cheese) and found no connection between eating them and living longer or shorter lives — even though most people ate these foods the most.

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