According to a study conducted by the University of Reading (UK), milk consumption cannot be associated with an increase in cholesterol level. The aforementioned work published in the International Journal of Obesity analyzed three large population groups. With this he discovered that people who continuously drank large amounts of dairy had lower levels of good and bad cholesterol. We give you more details of their conclusions below.
Genetic research
It was found that milk drinkers do have a Higher Body Mass Index (BMI). It was also found that those same dairy consumers had a 14% less likely to suffer coronary heart disease. The work carried out also observed a variation in the lactase gene, associated with the digestion of milk sugars, known as lactose. In this way, they identified those dairy consumers by following this genetic variation.
According to Professor of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics Vimal Karani all test participants who had this variation show lower cholesterol levels. Good and bad, in lower amounts than other groups. This group had a lower coronary risk and therefore, everything indicates that it would not be necessary to lower milk intake to prevent coronary risks.
A study to analyze the link between milk and cholesterol
All the research to analyze the link between milk and cholesterol took place after several studies showing conflicting data. For this reason, this research has included a group of 1,9 million people from the bio bank of Great Britain. In this sample, they have been taken into account various factors such as ethnicity and it has focused on genetic studies of this population. The aforementioned study also does not show that milk consumption has harmful effects on type 2 diabetes.
In summary, it has not been possible to verify a direct relationship between milk consumption and a higher cholesterol level. Nor has it been possible to verify whether the fat of milk acts by reducing this cholesterol or is a factor in milk, unknown today, that produces these effects.
