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Low-fat yogurt intake when pregnant may lead to child asthma and hay fever (PR)

In the Danish National Birth Cohort, women who ate fruit-flavored low-fat yoghurt once a day while pregnant were 1.6 times more likely to have children with asthma by age 7 than women reporting none. Milk intake carried no such risk and appeared protective.

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Eating yogurt may cut risk of colorectal cancer

Among 45,241 Italians in the EPIC cohort followed 12 years, those in the top third for yogurt intake were 38 percent less likely to develop colorectal cancer, and 35 percent after adjustment. The study is observational and establishes no causal relation.

Jun 9, 2011

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Eating yogurt may cut cardiovascular risk

Among 1,080 Australian women over 70, those eating more than 100 grams of yogurt a day had significantly lower carotid artery wall thickness three years later, while total dairy, milk and cheese showed no association. The study was observational, not a trial.

Jun 3, 2011

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Making Sense of Yogurt Choices

The American Institute for Cancer Research sorts through the yogurt aisle: all yogurts supply probiotics, though US evidence supports only help with lactose intolerance, and some brands now add prebiotics such as inulin that the Nutrition Facts panel will not reveal.

Aug 2, 2008

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