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New perspectives on dairy and cardiovascular health
This month's Paper of the Month is from Proceedings of the Nutrition Society and is entitled ‘Milk and dairy produce and CVD: new perspectives on dairy and cardiovascular health'. Authors, Julie A. Lovegrove and Ditte A. Hobbs, University of Reading, discuss the evidence on dairy product intake and cardiovascular disease risk and implications for dietary advice. One key recommendation for decreasing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is to reduce saturated fat intake to less than 10% total energy, yet the majority of the UK population are exceeding this level. As dairy products contribute over 27% of total dietary saturat...
Source: The Nutrition Society - July 8, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Cassandra Ellis Source Type: news

Lower dairy products and calcium intake is associated with adverse retinal vascular changes in older adults
Conclusions: A significant association was observed between lower intake of dairy products or calcium and adverse retinal vascular signs. We cannot discount the possibility of confounding from unmeasured risk factors; hence, further studies are warranted to confirm these findings.
Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - January 13, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: B. Gopinath, V.M. Flood, J.J. Wang, G. Burlutsky, P. Mitchell Tags: Electrolyte intake, blood pressure and vascular changes Source Type: research

Dietary intakes consistent with the DASH dietary pattern reduce blood pressure increase with age and risk for stroke in a Chinese population.
In conclusion, adhering to the DASH diet is beneficial for long term BP control and reduction of stroke risk in this Chinese population. PMID: 24066367 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition - October 1, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Lin PH, Yeh WT, Svetkey LP, Chuang SY, Chang YC, Wang C, Pan WH Tags: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Source Type: research