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Eating high-fat dairy products which include whole milk, cream, frozen yoghurt, butter and ghee, may increase the risk of fatty liver disease, according to a study...
The study, published in the Journal of Hepatology Reports, showed that low-medium fat dairy products such as skimmed milk, cottage cheese and low-fat cheese may be protective, and should be preferred over high-fat dairy to prevent Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)...
MASLD is related to nutrition, but evidence of an association between high-fat and low-fat dairy products is lacking...
It would be advisable to prefer low-fat low-sugar dairy products and minimise intake of high-fat dairy products; however, additional evidence is needed to allow generalisability of our findings, the researchers said...
Further, in 316 patients, the team found that high consumption of low-medium fat low-sugar dairy products was associated with a lower risk for MASLD incidence...
