Full-fat dairy products and cardiometabolic health outcomes: Does the dairy-fat matrix matter?

ABSTRACT: Reducing dairy fat intake is a common dietary guideline to limit energy and saturated fatty acid intake for the promotion of cardiometabolic health. However, research utilizing a holistic, food-based approach to assess the consumption of the fat found in dairy, a broad and diverse food group, may provide new insight into these guidelines. Dairy fat is comprised of a diverse assembly of fatty acids, triacylglycerols, sterols, and phospholipids, all uniquely packaged in a milk fat globule. The physical structure of this milk fat globule and its membrane is modified through different processing methods, resulting in distinctive dairy-fat matrices across each dairy product. The objectives of this narrative review were to first define and compare the dairy-fat matrix in terms of its unique comp

SUBMITTER: Taormina VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11317386 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature