Many people believe that consuming milk that’s low-fat or dairy-free is better for our health than opting for whole-fat varieties. However, a major study has concluded that including full-fat dairy in your diet can actually be extremely beneficial for the wellbeing of our heart. Researchers from McMaster University in Canada carried out a study of 136,384 people aged between 35 to 70 years old from 21 countries, that was published in The Lancet journal.

The belief that milk makes cold mucus and phlegm worse 'is a medieval myth'.The participants were assessed over the course of nine years, during which their daily dairy intake and overall health were recorded. They were split into four separate categories: those who ate no dairy at all, those who had less than one serving a day, those who had one or two servings a day and those who ate more than two servings a day. Furthermore, the type…