A new study from Brigham Young University(BYU) shows a connection between drinking higher fat milk and shorter DNA telomeres. In the study, Larry Tucker, Ph.D., found that individuals who drank 2% had shorter telomers than those who drank 1% or lower milk.
"Tucker investigated the relationship between telomere length and both milk intake frequency (daily drinkers vs. weekly drinkers or less) and milk fat content consumed (whole vs. 2% vs. 1% vs. skim). Telomeres are the nucleotide endcaps of human chromosomes. They act like a biological clock and they're extremely correlated with age; each time a cell replicates, humans lose a tiny bit of the endcaps. Therefore, the older people get, the shorter their telomeres."
Based on estimates drinking 1% milk vs. 2% will net you about 4.5 Years.
Ironically, BYU, known as the #1 Stone-Cold Sober School in America, recently opened a Milk and Cookie Bar allowing students to create their own mixed milk drinks. The bar mostly used 2% milk from the schools own dairy.
So are you willing to give up your creamy milk to live a few extra years?