Enjoying just two slices of Jarlsberg cheese every day may help stave off osteoporosis, a small Norwegian study suggests.
The protective effect of cheese on bone-thinning appears to be an exclusive benefit of Jarlsberg, and a mere 2 ounces a day seems to be enough to protect bone health, the investigators reported.
“Jarlsberg cheese might have a prophylactic effect on osteopenia and metabolic diseases,” said lead researcher Dr. Helge Einar Lundberg, from Skjetten Medical Center in Skjetten. “This has to be further investigated in a long-term study on a larger population of elderly females and men at risk of developing osteoporosis.”
Jarlsberg is a mild, semi-soft cheese made from cow’s milk from Jarlsberg in eastern Norway. The TINE Group, the makers and distributors of Jarlsberg, didn’t fund this study….