People who eat more dairy while dieting end up with higher levels of vitamin D in their blood than those who eat less dairy—even if they both started out low on vitamin D.

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Dairy Foods in a Moderate Energy Restricted Diet Do Not Enhance Central Fat, Weight, and Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue Losses nor Reduce Adipocyte Size or Inflammatory Markers in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Controlled Feeding Study

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2011

People who ate more dairy (3–4 servings a day) while dieting had a bigger increase in their vitamin D levels than those who ate less dairy, even though everyone started with low vitamin D.

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Dairy Foods in a Moderate Energy Restricted Diet Do Not Enhance Central Fat, Weight, and Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue Losses nor Reduce Adipocyte Size or Inflammatory Markers in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Controlled Feeding Study

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DOI: 10.1155/2011/989657

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