Consuming High-fat Dairy Products Found To Make Lung Function In Smokers Even Worse

[TreasureVibe]

Is consumption of high-fat dairy foods associated with lung function in middle-aged smokers?
Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism Volume 8, June 2017, Page 81 open access

S. Byrne 1, A. Hodge 1, 2, J. Burgess 1, E. Milanzi 1, D. Johns 3, B. Erbas 1, M. Abramson 4, E.H. Walters 1, S. Dharmage 1, L.G. Wood 5, M. Matheson 1, M. Jenkins 1
1 Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, UMelb, Australia 2 Cancer Council Victoria, Australia 3 School of Medicine, UTas, Australia 4 Public Health & Preventative Medicine, Monash Uni., Australia 5 School of Biomedical Science & Pharmacy, Uni. of Newcastle, Australia
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Available online 14 August 2017.

Background/Aims: Poor lung function is a characteristic of chronic respiratory disease and is associated with mortality. The relationship between high-fat dairy intake and lung function is unknown.

Methods: A subsample of the 1961-born Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study cohort (n = 836) underwent spirometry to measure lung function and completed a questionnaire. Regression was used to measure associations between fat content of milk consumed, frequency of high-fat dairy intake (ice cream, cream and full-fat cheese) and Forced Expired Volume in 1 second (FEV1), Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and FEV1/FVC. All measures of association were adjusted for age, sex, height, education, occupation, asthma, BMI and fruit and vegetable intake. Smoking was examined as an effect modifier.

Results: Associations between fat content of milk and FEV1 and FVC differed by smoking status (p = 0.006 and 0.005 respectively). Current smokers consuming full-fat milk had a mean FEV1 327 mL lower (95%CI: 149-505 mL) and mean FVC 365 mL lower (157-573 mL) than those consuming skim milk. Relationships between high-fat dairy intake and FEV1 and FEV1/FVC also differed by smoking status (p = 0.016 and 0.003 respectively). Current smokers consuming high-fat dairy foods once daily had a mean FEV1 276 mL lower (82-470 mL) and mean FEV1/FVC 4.4% lower (3.1-5.7%) than those who never consume high-fat dairy foods. There were no associations observed between milk/dairy fat and lung function in never or former smokers.

Conclusions: Consumption of high-fat dairy products was associated with poorer lung function in smokers. This was consistent across measures of dairy fat intake.

Funding source(s): NHMRC, Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust

Source: Is consumption of high-fat dairy foods associated with lung function in middle-aged smokers? - ScienceDirect

Hmm, if you're Peating and are a smoker, high-fat dairy might not be for you!

 

[meatbag]

@Edward

 

[Daniil]

I think Ray is missing one important point. He believes that a sterile bowel is necessary, but this is hardly possible. Even if you kill all the bacteria with antibiotics, there will be fungi, protozoa, etc. There are a number of products that are associated with pathogenic microflora in studies. These are gluten, milk, eggs, sugar, legumes. For example, in this study, the lacto-ovo diet increased the chances of hypothyroidism, although Ray recommends these foods.

Vegan diets and hypothyroidism - PubMed

Diets eliminating animal products have rarely been associated with hypothyroidism but may protect against autoimmune disease. Thus, we investigated whether risk of hypothyroidism was associated with vegetarian compared to omnivorous dietary patterns. The Adventist Health Study-2 was conducted...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Personally, I now believe that the ideal diet is coconut oil, honey, beef and white fish, coffee, maybe some fruit. Not sure about chocolate and gelatin.

 

[Daniil]

Milk, I think, you need to use only fresh. The usual is already losing its antibiotic properties.