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I’m on TV weekly, talking about a series of grocery store aisles and what is healthy\/unhealthy about each. <\/span>Today was “dairy”, and I spoke about milk, yogurt, and butter. <\/span>

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It’s so interesting for butter, because I did an analysis of BUTTER CONSUMPTION as a function of HEART DISEASE DEATHS, to see if more butter consumption = more heart disease deaths. This turns out NOT to be the case (see below). The countries selected were US, Canada, and Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n

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