The text below from the link below offers the following very interesting analysis, which is rarely or never heard because it is exactly opposite of the USDA's "low fat milk is best" message. How can the USDA keep publicizing scientifically questionable practices? They say things that in one way or another comply with the wishes of the folks that have the most money so that in effect - no one can stop them. This shouldn't be a surprise, as the idea of a monopoly being bad derives from the experience that monopoly need not respond to customer demand. The USDA is of course a monopoly.
People who ate the most full-fat dairy had a 69% lower risk of cardiovascular death than those who ate the least. Otherwise stated, people who mostly avoided dairy or consumed low-fat dairy had more than three times the risk of dying of coronary heart disease or stroke than people who ate the most full-fat diary.
Contrary to popular belief, full-fat dairy, including milk, butter and cheese, has never been convincingly linked to cardiovascular disease. In fact, it has rather consistently been linked to a lower risk, particularly for stroke. What has been linked to cardiovascular disease is milk fat's replacement, margarine. In the Rotterdam study, high vitamin K2 intake was linked to a lower risk of fatal heart attack, aortic calcification and all-cause mortality. Most of the K2 came from full-fat cheese. In my opinion, artisanal cheese and butter made from pasture-fed milk are the ultimate dairy foods.
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2010/04/full-fat-dairy-for-cardiovascular.html
Contrary to popular belief, full-fat dairy, including milk, butter and cheese, has never been convincingly linked to cardiovascular disease. In fact, it has rather consistently been linked to a lower risk, particularly for stroke. What has been linked to cardiovascular disease is milk fat's replacement, margarine. In the Rotterdam study, high vitamin K2 intake was linked to a lower risk of fatal heart attack, aortic calcification and all-cause mortality. Most of the K2 came from full-fat cheese. In my opinion, artisanal cheese and butter made from pasture-fed milk are the ultimate dairy foods.
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2010/04/full-fat-dairy-for-cardiovascular.html
Of course, these are quotes from observational studies, and can't prove causality - but they can show that other observational studies that "link" heart disease to high fat intake are as questionable as they've long been thought to be.
I don't know whether the USDA is influenced by industry, or bad science, or just incompetence. I believe that no government agency should make recommendations without supporting intervention studies.
I don't know whether the USDA is influenced by industry, or bad science, or just incompetence. I believe that no government agency should make recommendations without supporting intervention studies.
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