The Magical Effects of Cheese

1. Eating Cheese Leads to Better Bone Accrual in Girls

Encouraging preteen girls to eat cheese is better than advising them to use calcium supplements to improve calcium intake, according to a study on the topic presented here at the 25th annual meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

Even better, getting kids to eat cheese may be easier to do than trying to get them to take a daily dose of calcium. But Finnish researchers suggest cheese may even be superior to calcium given in tablet form.

2. Diet High in Low-Fat Dairy Products May Prevent Hypertension

Regular consumption of low-fat milk, cheese, and yogurt is inversely associated with prevalent hypertension, results of a cross-sectional study suggest.