Micronutrients & recovery
Higher intake of low-fat dairy products is inversely associated with the risk of incident hypertension in middle-aged and older women, whereas high-fat dairy intake shows no significant association.
If you are a middle-aged or older woman, increasing your intake of low-fat dairy products (like skim milk, low-fat yogurt, or cottage cheese) is associated with a lower risk of developing high blood pressure. Focus on getting calcium and vitamin D from food sources rather than supplements, as the study found no benefit from supplements alone.
Our study found that intakes of low-fat dairy products, calcium, and vitamin D were each inversely associated with risk of hypertension in middle-aged and older women... The multivariate relative risks across increasing quintiles of high-fat dairy product intake... were 1.00, 1.02, 1.01, 1.00, and 0.97 (P for trend: 0.17).
Why this rating
Large prospective cohort (n=28,886) with 10-year follow-up, though observational design limits causal inference.
Source
Dietary Intake of Dairy Products, Calcium, and Vitamin D and the Risk of Hypertension in Middle-Aged and Older Women
Lu Wang et al. · Hypertension · 2008
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