Scientists at Brigham Young University in their study found that lovers of low-fat cow's
During the study, scientists took data as a basisabout 5.8 thousand people, some of whom had skim or low-fat milk in their diet, while the rest consumed full-fat milk, and 13% of participants did not consume it at all. Thus, the authors analyzed the relationship between fat content and frequency of milk consumption and the length of one of the key indicators of a person’s age – telomeres.
It turned out that percent fat is capable ofreduce telomeres by 69 basic nucleotide pairs, which is equivalent to more than four years. So, those participants who consumed milk with a fat content of 3.25% had shorter telomeres for 145 main pairs than lovers of skim milk. But what is more surprising, those people who do not consume milk at all also have shorter telomeres than those who prefer this drink low-fat.