The Claim

In Iranian adults followed for 10.6 years, total dairy consumption, including both high-fat and low-fat varieties, showed no statistically significant association with the risk of cardiovascular disease events, indicating that dairy intake levels within this population's range do not meaningfully alter cardiovascular disease risk.

Source: The Association between the Consumption of Dairy Products and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

What the research says

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Supports
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Correlation
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In plain English

Among Iranian adults followed for over 10 years, consuming dairy products including both high-fat and low-fat types was not linked to a change in the rate of cardiovascular disease events.

See the scientific wording

In Iranian adults followed for 10.6 years, total dairy consumption, including both high-fat and low-fat varieties, showed no statistically significant association with the risk of cardiovascular disease events, suggesting that dairy intake levels within this population's range do not meaningfully alter CVD risk.

Why this might work

The fats and minerals in dairy products affect blood fat levels and artery health in ways that cancel each other out, so overall heart disease risk stays the same no matter how much dairy is eaten.

Suggested mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: The Association between the Consumption of Dairy Products and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study

    In Iran, researchers watched over 2,600 adults for more than 10 years and found that people who ate lots of dairy—like cheese, milk, and yogurt, whether full-fat or low-fat—didn’t have more heart problems than those who ate less. So dairy doesn’t seem to raise or lower heart disease risk.

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