Want to keep your heart healthy? Drink organic milk: Cows' diet helps produce high levels ..

Title : Want to keep your heart healthy? Drink organic milk: Cows' diet helps produce high levels ..
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Want to keep your heart healthy? Drink organic milk: Cows' diet helps produce high levels ..

Want to keep your heart healthy? Drink organic milk: Cows' diet helps produce high levels of polyunsaturated fats Organic milk is the healthiest on the market, research suggests, and it is all down to the grass the cows graze on. When scientists compared the fat content of 400 brands of milk, the organic bottles and cartons consistently came out on top. They found that the levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids -- the 'healthy fats' good for the heart -- were far higher in organic milks. The difference was made by organic cows' diet. They went out to pasture and also ate forage-based feeds, instead of being given the corn and grains relied on by non-organic farms, the American researchers said. Dr Charles Benbrook, who led the research team at Washington State University, said: 'We were surprised by the magnitude of the nutritional quality differences.' While total fat contents were consistent across the milks, the ratio between 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' fat varied hugely. The study - the largest of its kind ever conducted - found that organic milks had more than twice as much healthy fat on average than the normal types. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521050/Drinking-organic-milk-helps-promote-healthy-heart.html#ixzz2n5qPLesL

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