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Objective Findings of previous studies on associations between dairy consumption and metabolic health status were inconsistent. This study aimed to assess the link between consumption of dairy foods ...

I was sitting across from a man in his early sixties who kept talking about his retirement portfolio like it was the only thing holding his life together. We were at a small dinner party. The kind ...