ReviewNutrition reviews2021
Dairy matrix: is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?
Review in Nutrition reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Isoenergetic Substitution of Cheese with Other Dairy Products on Blood Lipid Markers in the Fasted and Postprandial State: An Updated and Extended Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials in Adults.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Global and regional inequalities in dairy recommendations: a natural language processing analysis of food-based dietary guidelines across income groups.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Lactic Acid Bacteria-Derived Postbiotics in Dairy Foods: Definitions, Functions and Regulatory Challenges.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Iodine Fortification of a Fermented Dairy Product: Development and Quality Assessment.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Unmelted, melted, and deconstructed Cheddar cheese: effects on the gut microbiome from a human dietary intervention study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Substitutions of Saturated Fatty Acids From Different Meats With Dairy and Incident Relationship With Cardiovascular Diseases: The UK Biobank Prospective Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Nonfat Milk Supplementation Mitigates Hepatic Lipid Accumulation and Improves Hepatic Lipid Metabolism in an Early Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease C57BL/6N Mouse Model.The Journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Regular-fat and low-fat dairy foods and cardiovascular diseases: perspectives for future dietary recommendations.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Review
- Cheese: mere indulgence or part of a healthy diet?Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Association between cheese consumption but not other dairy products and lower obesity risk in adults.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Dairy and Exercise for Bone Health: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials and Recommendations for Future Research.Current osteoporosis reports · 2024Review
- Investigation on the Effect of Persian Gum and Transglutaminase Enzyme on Some Physicochemical and Microstructural Characteristics of Low-Fat Ultrafiltrated Iranian White Cheese.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- Dairy milk: There are alternatives but no equivalents.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- The Dairy Matrix: Its Importance, Definition, and Current Application in the Context of Nutrition and Health.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The Development and Evaluation of a Literature-Based Dietary Index for Gut Microbiota.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Differential association between dairy intake patterns and incident prostate cancer: a potential dairy matrix effect.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Dairy product consumption, eating habits, sedentary behaviour and physical activity association with bone mineral density among adolescent boys: a cross-sectional observational study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Observational
- Full-fat dairy products and cardiometabolic health outcomes: Does the dairy-fat matrix matter?Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- Whole-Milk Dairy Foods: Biological Mechanisms Underlying Beneficial Effects on Risk Markers for Cardiometabolic Health.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Dairy foods are a heterogeneous group of products that vary in physical state and structure; profile and amounts of essential nutrients, bioactive ingredients, and other constituents; the extent of alteration of these constituents by processing, whether they are fermented or aged; and addition of constituents during manufacture. The complexity of the dairy matrix is associated with a heterogeneous impact on health outcomes from increased, decreased, or neutral effects for specific dairy products and specific health outcomes. Researchers must become more nuanced and systematic in their study of the role of dairy products in health to develop meaningful dietary recommendations. This review of the evidence for the dairy matrix and health points out the dearth of randomized controlled trials and of mechanistic insights. The variable effects of dairy-product consumption on health suggest possibilities for personalized nutrition advice.
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