Study Finds Eating Cheese May Reduce Your Risk For This Potentially Serious Health Condition

Though past research has focused on the health benefits of cheese, the new data examined its direct relationship to the disorder.

This could be grate news for cheese lovers: A recent study found potential links between cheese and positive health outcomes, particularly when it comes to sleep.

The results of the study, published in the December edition of the Sleep Medicine journal, found that eating more cheese may be linked to a reduced likelihood of developing sleep apnea, a potentially serious medical condition that can cause you to stop breathing while you sleep.

The study’s researchers pointed out that although there’s been research focused on the health benefits of cheese, this study aimed to examine the direct relationship between cheese and sleep apnea. The authors noted that essential nutrients found in cheese, including calcium, protein and vitamins, could influence metabolic and cardiovascular health, which are both factors associated with sleep apnea.

To conduct the study, the researchers analyzed data from the UK Biobank, a large-scale biomedical database in Britain, and the FinnGen Biobank, a research project that collects health data from 500,000 Finnish donors, to analyze potential associations between sleep apnea and cheese consumption.

The study looked at health information from 400,000 people who participated in two long-term studies from the two databanks found that those who ate cheese had a 28% lower risk of having sleep apnea than those who didn’t, according to Food & Wine magazine.